Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
"minimal growth" for those pilot bases for staffing. They want to grow the coastal bases (for pilot staffing). I have no idea why. 777s and 747s flew in and out of DEN for years, and they never had a 777 or 747 base there. The increase to number of flights in and out of a hub are not necessarily coincidental to the number of pilots based there.
it’s also worth adding that just because there’s growth doesn’t mean there won’t be movement (which is mostly what we care about). WB growth causes movement everywhere. We’ve all said “I’ll never commute again” at some point, but deep down inside many of us know we are lying to ourselves.
The proof is in the standby list on almost every MCO-EWR flight…