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10-20-2023 | 05:38 PM

CatDad

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New FA bases

I heard from a flight attendant that there will be a expression of interest for bases in DFW, TPA, RDU, PHX, and LAS. As long as they get 125 minimum (I think that was the number), the company will open a base there. Let the new pilot base rumor mill churn once again!

10-20-2023 | 06:28 PM

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Aren't TPA and RDU already bases?

10-20-2023 | 06:52 PM

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Aren't TPA and RDU already bases?

TPA closed during Covid. RDU has come and gone seasonally for a while.

I’d say the BOS debacle speaks volumes about the potential for new pilot bases under current management.

10-21-2023 | 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by CatDad

I heard from a flight attendant that there will be a expression of interest for bases in DFW, TPA, RDU, PHX, and LAS. As long as they get 125 minimum (I think that was the number), the company will open a base there. Let the new pilot base rumor mill churn once again!

"expression of interest"? LOL.

10-21-2023 | 06:00 AM

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We would probably consolidate all pilot bases into just an Atlanta Superbase if mgt could get away with it.

10-21-2023 | 09:44 AM

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We would probably consolidate all pilot bases into just an Atlanta Superbase if mgt could get away with it.

Heard they were gonna have a Saskatoon or Yellowknife super base and get the 787 .

10-21-2023 | 10:26 AM

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I’d say the BOS debacle speaks volumes about the potential for new pilot bases under current management.

This…

But it could’ve been a nice negotiation instead of straight up gifting batch sizes to the company.

10-21-2023 | 10:39 AM

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Heard they were gonna have a Saskatoon or Yellowknife super base and get the 787 .

Had some surprisingly fun nights in ol’ Saskatoon back in the RJ days, good crew makes it all.

10-22-2023 | 11:31 AM

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What does that even mean? If you transpose that to the pilots, I would guaran-damn-tee you that they would get 125 to open MCO (again). Does that mean they would have to commit? Express interest in a poll of some sort? They could open a base pretty much anywhere, and I would bet they would get 125 FAs to bite off on it. (Or whatever the number is... and 125 seems awfully low for anything worthwhile.) With almost 30,000 FAs, if all they wanted was 125 they could probably open 150 satellite bases.

10-22-2023 | 01:07 PM

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Pilot and flight attendant basing relates to each other as elephants relate to broccoli. For AFP flight attendant bases the company only allows flight attendants with near perfect attendance to bid in and requires them to find their own substitute if sick. Add in they are qualified on every position on every aircraft and it’s a different world from pilots who can only occupy one seat on one piece of equipment and work under a contract.