Originally Posted by
overqualified52
wondering what the efficiency of keeping CVG as a base is for Delta ? Seems with DTW close by they would just push everything through there. Why not DFW or AUS?
As someone mentioned, CVG closed with the Covid overreaction panic.
However at the time it was open, it had a similar sized 737 pilot group than other bases like SEA, SLC and LAX. It was justified simply because there was so much 737 flying out of there that proximity to other bases was irrelevant. Closing the pilot base didn't really change that balance of flying at all anyway.
Pilot domiciles and strength of a fleet in a given city are somewhat correlated but aren't directly linked.
JB has robust pilot bases in both JFK and BOS, and in both FLL and MCO. Proximity to other bases means nothing for pilot domiciles compared to the actual network.