Originally Posted by
Paid2fly
"Smaller bases"... The flying there increased considerably the day after they closed it! It was also a base in the 8th largest city in the country, and has always had far more flying than the SMX and SBP bases they left open. They claim they only close bases when schedules can no longer be written, this was not even close to being true for SAN!!! I would have understood if this were the case, like when SBA lost their SLC flying.... But SAN didn't lose any flying, in fact they added a bunch of new flying including SFO, DEN, LAX(on the Delta side), etc. I've spoken with our scheduling rep on several occasions and he has admitted that there was NO REASON to close SAN, and in fact it would be easy to write very good schedules for a SAN base!!!!
Apparently you weren't hosed by the closure of the bases that have been around as long as SkyWest has been around, maybe some day you'll have the joy of having your family yanked out of their chosen hometown and understand what it's like?!
It sounds like you've got some really important information that Klen and Chip should hear. Better send them a priority message right away, they might get it before the earning call and incorporate an announcement about reopening the base. If they only had the information you have, they could probably make better decisions
I've been through a base closure, wasn't really that surprised, I'm an airline pilot at a company that contracts to different vendors and by definition all contracts usually come to and end eventually. If you want to homestead somewhere I think I'd look at other occupations, this one certainly doesn't have a good track record where you're concerned.