DC Pilot Base?
05-22-2019, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by navlys
A pilot friend of mine used to talk about this as an almost certainty, but it never materialized. Was this ever under serious consideration? Would it ever be likely to happen in the future?
They closed the JFK base almost as soon as they could, they gave up our slots in LGA and DCA, outsourced all our DAL flying to the east coast to SkyWest, and have been taking it in the shorts on the L-VX transcon routes. Why on earth would they put a pilot base in DC? What are there, 5 or 6 while flights a day into IAD/DCA combined?
05-22-2019, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by navlys
A pilot friend of mine used to talk about this as an almost certainty, but it never materialized. Was this ever under serious consideration? Would it ever be likely to happen in the future?
If Washington DC isn’t in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, or California, it’s not going to be a pilot base.
05-23-2019, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
If Washington DC isn’t in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, or California, it’s not going to be a pilot base.
05-23-2019, 06:04 AM
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Sorry, just wanted information
Forgive me. I did mean to post in the Alaska forum because my pilot friend flies for Alaska. I am not a pilot, nor am I associated with anything related to aviation, so I don't understand many of the acronyms. I only know that as late as last October, he said there was a lot of talk about it within the company. I merely wanted to get some information. I apologize if it was a dumb question. 
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Laura
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Laura
05-23-2019, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by navlys
Forgive me. I did mean to post in the Alaska forum because my pilot friend flies for Alaska. I am not a pilot, nor am I associated with anything related to aviation, so I don't understand many of the acronyms. I only know that as late as last October, he said there was a lot of talk about it within the company. I merely wanted to get some information. I apologize if it was a dumb question.
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Laura
No, there is no talks or chance of any Washington DC base. The only east coast pilot base shut down last year. If there was any inkling of an east coast base, it would be New York but clearly AS doesn't think the current number of flights to EWR/JFK necessitate a pilot base. Now at the original VX for a very short period of time the company did experiment with some pairings originating/terminating out of IAD, a virtual base if you will. But from what I understand it did not last long. That was over 10 yrs ago. Don't count on any east coast or mid-country pilot base at Alaska. It would probably take another merger to make that a reality.
05-24-2019, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by navlys
Thanks very much; I appreciate the reply. 
Could I ask what VX means?
Could I ask what VX means?I just asked to have it added to the acronym Wiki under Career Questions.
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