Originally Posted by
guppie
Tomatoe - tomato. We had a 777 crew base in MIA flying SA routes as I recall (the remnants of the Pan AM purchase). It was a pretty sweet gig. Sure would love to have that option again.
And a 767 base too (did my OE out of there) but we were getting crushed by American. And to build up to something remotely competetive to them in today's world would burn a lot of money with no guarantee it would pay off in the long run.
if you want to argue about decisions in the 1990's to not scale up MIA more, have at it. But the decision to close MIA in 2004 was the right one based on the current and past performance. Sucks for those that were there, but im sure the folks in CLE or HNL or SEA would love to have their old lives back too.