Originally Posted by
TOCTOD
I was referring to the 320 fleet specifically. AUA, MBJ, SJU, PUJ, etc…. All 2 day 24 hour layovers.
Im starting to wonder if the plan moving forward will be to originate NYC flights from DTW/ATL so as to avoid growing the NYC base. Starting/ending rotations in DTW that flow through NY adds THAT much more utilization to the fleet/pilots. More pilots in NYC = more people using state leave, more people you can’t send sick letters to, NEPP users, paid parking users (which I’ve heard is astronomical), etc etc…. I mean if the last 2 AEs haven’t supported that…. Idk what will? They aren’t going to pump DTW with Neos. We have too much power in that market to care about margins. And where else are we going to grow in DTW? Sounds like a shift in flying rather than growth.
I would happily be wrong!
New York is a huge market for us. How we feed it is a network planning issue. Also has the highest percentage of commuters. New York state employment rights are not a concern. If they were then we'd be doing the same things in MSP and LAX and SEA.
The NEOs are fuming and we are far from a solution in that jet. Looks to be front fan seals. If this continues you're going to see some shuffling of that carribean flying. We can't afford to keep doing in flight returns from those island destinations. I will tell you there are going to be changes to that flying on that fleet until we get a solution from PW.
When new terminal 1 opens up at JFK we're getting most of the A gates in T4 as well. That was the deal when we lost T2.
We're not pulling back from the New York metro area.