Again, NYC is subject to competition from every single airline. I’m sure the company likes to run lean so they can shift fleets on routes at will. Unlike ATL/DTW where they can do as they please with the 320 at all times. Hence… the majority of vacancies going to those bases.

I’m sure it also has NOTHING to do with NYC based pilots being subject to liberal employment laws, getting commuter stipends, etc…. Why All that extra cost when you could just start the rotation in DTW/ATL and flow through NYC?