Originally Posted by Stayontarget

That doesn’t explain why you would close the pilot base vs move it down the street the same time as the FA base was moved.

Now if the need to staff ATL immediately was a concern to fill slots and justify the new base that’s a plausible story. But nothing of the sort was mentioned at the time. It came at the same time as the second Covid wave and section 19s so the rumor and possible truth of BB getting angry makes more sense in this case.