Originally Posted by
buzzpat
True 'nuff. But I bet we also see a large percentage of guys staying in their domicile and swapping equipment, ie, ATL 88 for ATL 320 or 9; MSP 9 for MSP 88, etc. QOL, all other things being remotely equal, always wins out. I don't think a lot of guys are going to commute for the same or similar pay scale. I think we'll see a mass exodus from DTW but there's going to be a lot of DAL guys that want to escape from NYC. That will be the biggest movement. I don't see MSP guys commuting to LAX, or ATL guys falling over themselves to get to SEA. Could be wrong, but that just sounds stupid to me.
One problem with this Buzz is that from what I have heard a majority of Northwest guys/gals are commuters already. That being the case they will follow shorter commutes to closer bases, bigger airplanes/paychecks.