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Speed Select
Prediction: AUS pilot base announcement on 2/14/26.
Having some experience in a corner office, there are situations when diverging opinions about strategy means that it’s time for some members of the team to move on to something else, usually on their own volition. Ask me how I know.
Southwest sure looked flashy announcing their new AUS pilot base with the governor there and all the hype, didn’t they? (I also think SWA is about to go full legacy with a WB order and that’s the real impetus behind their pilot base).
Pilot / FA bases are basically invisible to the public. Delta already announced an FA base in AUS with zero fanfare. Management (even without GH) has no interest in making pilot basing decisions based on making a 10-minute splash on a public stage.
Prediction: Still no AUS pilot base in 2031.