Originally Posted by
CBreezy
To add, not everyone will be a local. Any trip starting before the first inbound increases the chance of a miscommute. I'd be willing to bet most of those trips created would be early starts and late finishes. If would be a commuter nightmare.
Doesn't have to be that way. JB is similar in size in BOS as DL and they have 3 fleets based in BOS right now. While they don't have WB flying yet, there is way more than enough NB flying for DL to open a crew base and there has been for years.
Why we haven't yet is marketing's absolute dominance over flt ops. Tney want the "flexibility" to instantly scuttle and surge any one fleet's flow through BOS on a whim. Therefore any base DL opens will be subject to being chronically under/over staffed in the blink of an eye. IMO that makes the 330 a better case for a base than a NB, but that defies tradition.
IMO we will have a BOS base with probably 2-3 fleets either this year or next year. But they have to reduce the training bubble first because a new base would initially increase it and eventually decrease it.
The silliness about lockers and V-Files and commuter rooms are irrelevant. Even a CP is a minor expense and could be "persuaded" to fly a lot more than just for currency.