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Ripinpeace 12-15-2025 04:03 PM
Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 3981237)
Probably more than you think, a NYC 330 friend of mine who commutes now has 1-2 more commute a month to NYC. Why? Because he was doing six day trips JFK-XXX-BOS-YYY-JFK but now the Boston base does them.. so he's left with 3 day trips, and has more commutes (or hotels) solely because of the new base.
More good comes to the pilots living in BOS than some dudes trip. He’s the minority on this one. More bases are always a positive. BOS is designated a hub just like NYC, no reason it shouldn’t have a base

ancman 12-15-2025 05:11 PM
Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 3981237)
Probably more than you think, a NYC 330 friend of mine who commutes now has 1-2 more commute a month to NYC. Why? Because he was doing six day trips JFK-XXX-BOS-YYY-JFK but now the Boston base does them.. so he's left with 3 day trips, and has more commutes (or hotels) solely because of the new base.
Glancing at the bid pack, there are still plenty of 6-day W trips in NYC 330. Most have mid-rotation layovers in other 330 bases. The company loves them because they’re credit killers. Paying for another hotel room in a base doesn’t phase them.

For that matter, across the entire system there are a decent number of layovers in other bases.

Gone Flying 12-15-2025 05:33 PM
Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 3981222)
They have the ability to jump equipment every flight as well. Their rotation construction isn’t nearly as limited as ours is.
sure, and that likely leads to more bases for them, but it still would track that the fewer bases we have, the longer our average trip would be. And thus more bases would likely lead to shorter trips on average.

also, side note, but I believe we are the only big pax airline in the US that has 5 day domestic trips. I personally would love if those went away or got severely limited. Part of me wonders if we make contractual changes to shorten our trips if that would change the calculus and drive a few more bases.

Gone Flying 12-15-2025 05:34 PM
Originally Posted by ancman (Post 3981286)
Glancing at the bid pack, there are still plenty of 6-day W trips in NYC 330. Most have mid-rotation layovers in other 330 bases. The company loves them because they’re credit killers. Paying for another hotel room in a base doesn’t phase them.
6 day intl trips are not a good thing. They reduce credit and give pilots far fewer options. When they are broken up they can be nice, but if they all went away that would be a net positive for our group.

ancman 12-15-2025 06:57 PM
Originally Posted by Gone Flying (Post 3981305)
6 day intl trips are not a good thing. They reduce credit and give pilots far fewer options. When they are broken up they can be nice, but if they all went away that would be a net positive for our group.
Agreed. I hated them when I was a WB FO, even as a commuter.

Hobbylife 01-08-2026 12:19 PM
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...r-tenants/amp/

Looks like some great news for Delta’s expansion at Austin!

PilotJ3 01-08-2026 01:17 PM
Originally Posted by Hobbylife (Post 3989697)
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...r-tenants/amp/

Looks like some great news for Delta’s expansion at Austin!
Meh, only 15 gates vs 26 for SW… lol.

So much for the mega expansion needing a pilot base. 🤣

Hotel Kilo 01-08-2026 01:27 PM
Originally Posted by PilotJ3 (Post 3989719)
Meh, only 15 gates vs 26 for SW… lol.

So much for the mega expansion needing a pilot base. 🤣
????

I saw SWA gets 18 gates, all in the new terminal. We get 15 gates, in the existing terminal. Where does it say in the article SWA gets 26?

So SWA = 18, DAL = 15 at AUS

ancman 01-08-2026 02:04 PM
Originally Posted by PilotJ3 (Post 3989719)
Meh, only 15 gates vs 26 for SW… lol.

So much for the mega expansion needing a pilot base. 🤣
26 is the total number of new gates in concourse B. Of those, only 18 are SWA’s.

The only certainty is that if everything falls into place perfectly and Delta opens a small hub in AUS, Flight Ops will spend years rationalizing why it doesn’t need to open a pilot base.

GutterGuard 01-08-2026 02:37 PM
Originally Posted by ancman (Post 3989740)
26 is the total number of new gates in concourse B. Of those, only 18 are SWA’s.

The only certainty is that if everything falls into place perfectly and Delta opens a small hub in AUS, Flight Ops will spend years rationalizing why it doesn’t need to open a pilot base.
Where's Rip when you need him to give us the down low on the new AUS pilot base?


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