Which platform at which base?
 

Hello all,

First time poster here trying to make some guesstimates for the future. Is there a resource to show which platforms are stationed at certain domiciles? I'm particularly interested in BOS but being able to view all domiciles would be helpful if one exists.

Thanks!

Platform??
Small 737 base at BOS... That's it for mainline.

Bos: 737
jfk: 737, a320, 767, 777
phl: 190, a320, 767, a330
dca: 737, a320
clt: A320, 767, a330
mia: 737, a320, 767, 777
ord: 737, 767, 787, 777
dfw: Md80, 737, a320, 767, 787, 777
phx: A320, 767
lax: 737, a320, 787, 777

Awesome, appreciate the list.

Platform? Is that military for something? Us civilians just call them airplanes.

i just got a CCI that stated #2 will be used for ramp and "Jet" will he replaced by "platform"

Technically, and I'm splittin' hairs here, it's LGA...not JFK.

And...PHX has 320 and "76T", but the 76T is gobbledegook code for a non-glass 757.

How many of each?

Oh, some bases/planes have multiple airports to cover.
LAX 737 has LAX, ONT, SAN, SNA and LGB. LAX 320 only has LAX.
LGA has JFK and EWR
DCA has IAD and BWI
MIA I believe has PBI and FLL

I copped a squat on a white platform with a water-powered disposal system this a.m.

It had an ejection handle on the side.

Very choice!

PHL is a major hub. It's AA's European hub. What future would you give PHL?

AFP, you're much too kind. I would have gone this route. :rolleyes:

That's because you're searching for "airplanes" and "fleets", finding platform info is much more demanding.

That is an excellent question - I would be interested to understand that big picture as well.

I doubt PHL will go away, or international city pairs go away, as aircraft get retired. Old a/c get replaced by other a/c.

JFK has O/D traffic to fewer cities and PHL has more connections and destinations.

Me too. Problem is as of now no one knows what that might be.
Plenty of rumors with nothing to back them up. For equipment and bases nothing is certain. Changes have been pretty minimal this past year and it's hard to expect anything drastic in the future. Certainly I would not plan my future around a small base and anything other than MIA and DFW could be subject to substantial change also. At least at AA platform would be the wrong word to use because nothing is that thought out and steady except for the very short term. You have to be very flexible or a career here is not for you IMO.

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noun
1.
a raised level surface on which people or things can stand.
"there are viewing platforms where visitors may gape at the chasm"
2.
the declared policy of a political party or group.

Seems to me platform is ALWAYS the wrong word to use!!

No truer words have ever been spoken. You can't even depend on retiring from the same company that hired you, much less depending on a base or aircraft.

Did this not happen to PIT with airways? They had the market there too?

Pitt was more than just an airline pulling out (yes I said it). Pitt is about politics and idiotic Pennsylvania politicians and not so much airline dynamics.

If you're in a base and the flying switches to another aircraft the majority of guys can bid the new fleet. Or they can displace with no lock-in. The company typically takes a long term view to avoid massive displacements (furloughs, big drawdowns or fleet retirements excluded) and builds the new fleet slowly to avoid displacements.

But the flying, excluding PHX, is probably going to be pretty stable. Except for the new Asia city pairs a lot of the flying has been done for years if not decades. S.A., with their economic issues, has taken a hit in the last several years.

Switching alliances for LUS might generate some changes but so far I don't recall any.

You got it. If PHL closes there are HUGE changes happening. None of that is on the horizon right now.

"Platform...."

I'm still getting a chuckle from this.

The OP needs to apply to delta. Their pilot selection process is custom made for someone so far up His own ass that he thinks an aurliner is some kind of damn platform......

Just spout out "moderate turbulence!!" at least 3 times randomly during that delta interview-and you will be guaranteed to get hired!

Give the guy a break.....there's a whole different vocabulary in Military flying, and he probably hasn't been exposed to a lot of civilian aviation terminology......we all knew what he meant.

Still funny.

I get it.... But "platform?" That's just way too over the top, unless you are Iceman (and will insist on being called "iceman" in new hire class.). I mean really..... If an airliner is a 'platform,' what does this guy drive to work? A half track?

(Gotta run, I am cleared in hot!)

Sorry but it would not take a tremendous amount of research or effort to figure out the differences between the military world and the civilian world. If your going to bring your military crap into somewhere it doesn't belong then expect to be singled out as a joker!!

I believe you have to enter "Iceman" in DECS if that's what you prefer.

How about Major Weapon System (MWS)? I guess that doesn't work for an airliner either. That is the term (MWS) I used to use when asking a former AF pilot what they flew, but older guys don't know that term, so I switched to "what did you fly?"

Give the guy a break though, this is a dead horse at this point.

For guys that have one of the coolest jobs in the world, paid money to fly high tech machines and travel instead of sitting in a cubicle, we argue and b*### about the dumbest things here. Platform, airplane, MWS, second wife, who cares?

My insight probably doesn't amount to a whole lot. I guess I was putting emphasis on long term viability since this was a new guy.
I am not saying anything would close. I guess in worse times just about anything could close but I feel the least exposed to downsizing would be DFW and MIA. I am more than "hub" shy when it comes to places AA dumped many dollars into just to pull out a few years later.
PHL is sizable and maybe the comparison is mute but at one time San Jose was large too with several international flights to Tokyo, Taiwan, and Paris just to name a few. It was a long time ago but I would have never figured it would go away. PIT seemed very similar.
Could history repeat itself after yet another merger...I sincerely hope not.

Probably because some guys have smaller MWS than others. Just a guess.

Life is so good we have to look for things that bother us.

A wise observation. Failure to complain about anything might cause the "Good Deal Limitation Fairy" to pay you a visit. :p

Yes.....

I'll complain.

This obviously isn't the right "platform" for levity.

(Too soon?)

I know.... it's long in the tooth, but it's still cute.

I'm gonna go ambulate to my 'metal-composite aircraft, twin fan jet, fixed-wing, long-range' platform and leave you to it.....

Laters.

Which Platforms have the best missions?


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How many of each by base or how many pilots at each base? Thx