Originally Posted by
p1ayn 
Announcement will not be made till next week due to uncertain "balls in the air" quote unquote.
What has been determined as everyone knows, is JFK is def. closed as of Sept 1st. Thats decided right now. DTW is opening, I specifically asked certain questions as of growth, aircraft at which location, new bids, etc...Answer was everything is possible as of right now...LOTS going on. Those who know me from a few years ago know I pretty much was accurate on my info.
For what its worth, nothing has changed from what we already know, NY closing an DTW opening, however there seems to be a slight and I mean slight indication that there may be good news.
Originally Posted by
BlueMoon
I do respect that you are not a rumor monger, you have a good track record...but obviously nothing is definite. I commute out of DTW so I would love it, but I'll believe it when I get a parking pass (that I don't have to pay for), check-in on a kiosk in some dungeon of a crew room in the B or C concourse, and am waiting for a DTW gate agent to finish reading her email so she can let me down to the plane to start a trip.
Until then it is all rumor and conjecture and this place has a habit of changing its mine from day to day, hour to hour.
Of course nothing is definite, the fact remains an announcement was "suppose" to be announced yesterday, and it was not as I was told. It should be next week. JFK is closing, at least as a crew base from what he advised and DTW is "for right now" looking to open. Thats the consensus from that departments strategic planning. You are correct in the history of this airlines change of mind, however even in the process of uncertain times and changes, as in the hiring of 300 then furloughing 300 pilots a few summers ago, I was advised those 300 to be hired were never gonna happen by same person. This was during the "good times". So I do hold a little faith in his info, as he along with many others is directly involved. In any case, my point was mainly to point out that an announcement was not going to be made which it wasn't. And that there seems to be a glimmer of good news on the horizon. Whether it develops or not, remains to be seen, nonetheless the fact it is even being considered is somewhat refreshing. I hope DTW does come, makes your life easier..
along with many others I'm sure.