Originally Posted by
Akamai
Shane was quoted in the Seattle times as saying 500-600 B787 pilots based in SEA. That math works for 17 planes and augmented/heavy crews.
The 330’s are getting refurbished to stay in HNL, the question is how many (24?).
The bigger question is how big (small?) is the 737 HNL base once they park the 717/321.
2035 plan is 41/550 which is 7% widebody versus the current HAL at 57% widebody. Ouch!
With 737 island ops there is some trade space as to where the crews get based, since they'll probably have to flow to the planes in and out of the islands to balance cycles with airframe time. Odds are they can adjust that some simply due to where people *want* to be based, although if they want to pinch every last penny then more island based crews might actually be better... let the crews pay the high local rent, rather than the company paying for expensive resort hotels.
My guess is that worst case when the dust settles everybody on property at HA today will have the option to be based at home forever, just might be on a 73 instead of a WB (that's a trade I would make, guppy jokes aside).