Originally Posted by
DWC CAP10 USAF
The company will open a new base when it makes fidiciary sense to do so.....they won't care about the rug the union pulled 6-9 years earlier with VB's.
No CEO would keep his job when the BOD asked why they didn't expand operations when the money pointed to doing so and CEO responds with "well, a few years ago the pilots were mean to me..."
You have not been here long have you. I had the CEO of the airline tell me he would shut Delta airlines down before he let us have the jumpseat. Decisions to open or close a base come down to a percentage point or less in cost and that can flip on a marketing whim. They also have nothing to do with airline expansion. Delta has a current basing structure to cover any planned growth.
They also would prefer virtual bases that come at a much lower contractual cost. If DALPA starts clamoring for additional bases I am sure that they will offer to reinstate VB's with the small change that DALPA must give 6 months notice before pulling it down.