Originally Posted by
OpenClimb
This is my answer to the proclamation that we'll add 3 more domiciles in 2024. It's PSY-OPS 101. Announced CLE as a new base... many disappointed because they were hoping for RDU or ORD or CLT or or or. So in the same press release, announce that 3 more are on the way. This keeps at least some employees hopeful that their favorite domicile is just around the corner and keeps them from clicking submit on their legacy app. Didn't cost Frontier a thing.
Same thing with all these purported new airplane deliveries. They belong to Indigo and can go anywhere or can be sold to virtually anyone. It's not a Frontier aircraft until I'm adding it to my logbook. Until then, it just raises hopes and stems attrition.
Not to wordy... but BLs memo says "up to three" new bases by summer. They may not open anything. This is the same guy who comes into ground school and asks "where do you think the next base will be?". He just wants to distract everyone before he shows the slides showing how many planes are coming next year... which they never achieve. Hard to tell if he is completely FOS or just doesn't know better. Prolly the first option.