Originally Posted by
Brakes 3
Why do you believe IND base is closing at next bid? Would paying for deadheads and hotels for all the flights somehow be less expensive than people living there? Not confronting you or anything, I just don’t understand how this would benefit anyone.
98% of the trips out of IND bid package are double deadheads already. IND had 10 lines with BOG/MDE flying for August. Taking those lines and giving them to Memphis in order to keep pilots “familiar” with the area negates the whole point of having a base that specializes in that type of flying. Also, the EWR-CDG lines are starting to transition to MEM-CDG on weekends. I don’t see a point to keep a satellite base operating when they’re just going to staff it out of MEM or have trips physically start and/or end there.