Costs of opening a new base
Please help me see the light.. I obviously don’t understand this math and decision making.
If there are .. say 20 jets RON in BOS or MCO or AUS there has got to be 40-45 (some international) pilots in the downtown hotel rooms at $300+ each. Every night/365..
Why in the world is it more expensive than opening a pilot base?
Is it possible to have a base without a CPO?
Without crew room, pilot lockers and commuter rooms?
Parking lot cost, I guess?
In all of our bases parking lots are in the least favorable locations, but could this cost really be more than crew hotels plus crew transportation?
There are airlines with a lot more bases/total number of pilots ratios than DAL - how do they stay in business?