Originally Posted by
readytoretire
The 220 base was opened with a real bang. What's the future of MSP for the 320/737 given the continuing deliveries of the neo, the coming max 10 deliveries, and the possible parking of older 320's and 737-800s? It sometimes seems like the company doesn't want to base to be too big, perhaps due to the family leave laws, etc. here. Is throwing nearly 400 220 pilots here going to be balanced by reductions in the other two NB fleets (by attrition), or will the neo and max deliveries keep those categories at their current level or higher over the next couple of years and beyond?
What are your thoughts?
In the short term, while they are staffing up the MSP 220 base, as you note they seem to be reducing the flying and bid opportunities for the 320 and 73N (which is logical, in a way). But it won't be too long before the 220 is staffed up, and with ~100 321NEO deliveries to go, plus another 100 Max10's, it is
inevitable all the bases will grow in the medium term. By how much is unknowable.