In the dystopian base closing scenario, I could definitely see this happening, SJC/SMF happening, and the two other California bases closing or shrinking to insignificant sizes. LAX is mired in construction hell with terminal 5 completely shut down and its tenants displaced for the next 2 years. That leaves B6 squatting on 4 of our former gates. Not that it mattered much, we were under utilizing them anyway.
HQ has already shown us that they don’t care about displacements or keeping things status quo in order to make crews happy. It’s only a matter of time before they start closing under performing bases and moving crews to airports and cities that make sense. SAN has the footprint to make this happen.
Just using the data available to us, SAN has over 50 more departures and 2 more overnighting aircraft on the summer schedule.