BMI Base?
 

Is there any truth that BMI will be a base soon?
Been hearing some rumors, and seems wise from a business POV.

I also like drinking on a Thursday night

Well they do like to have bases in undesirable locations...

bahahaahaha

Is this a fat joke?

morbidly obese.... having said that; am I the only one who watches that show on lifetime after a workout on an overnight?
edit: my 600lb life is on TLC. bad FO..
#overshare

Hahaha. I can't say I do. It's usually Southpark because it's the only thing on after a redeye. I get my fill of my 600lb life at home when my wife watches it.

DHN is the next base.

Who wouldn't want a base in LA?

No one should want that haha Why do you want to go back to the mothership!

Thats in Alabama lol

I think he means LA= Lower Alabama

Are the rumors of RDU pretty much dead at this point? Just curious. Thanks!

the rumors are mostly dead, but that doesn't mean much.

However, we seem like we want to invade AA hubs. PHL, MIA. We would probably invade Dallas if Spirit wasn't already well established there

Seems like Texas is a huge gap. Southwest isn’t even a direct competitor anymore and I think they are looking at rough times ahead. AA same boat. Maybe I’m biased cause I live here..

Pretty sure most people would prefer BMI than any city in Texas......woof

I bet you're fun at parties.

BMI is 100 miles from ORD...I’d understand shrinking ORD, removing the crew base, and shifting it to BMI, but short of that would seem odd to just open a base in BMI.

The interesting thing about ORD is that it pulls from the west half of the state, lower Wisconsin, western Indiana. That’s around 9-10 million people easy. If you moved the bulk of flights to BMI You will lose 6 million people. Bulk of those people will just go to Spirit or Southwest.

BMI can hardly keep air service at all ... unless you count the outfit that flies old worn out falcon trijets in empty, cuts them up, and ships them out in boxes on trucks...plus the airport fights CMI, PIA, SPI, and now DEC in its passenger catchment area, not to mention ORD and MDW, and to some extent IND and STL.

Oh my...so this thread has actually turned into a serious conversation about a Bloomington, IL base? Just when I thought pilots couldn’t get any dumber...

I’m willing to bet that 75% of air travelers would be willing to drive to BMI to avoid the ORD traffic. It’s mere common sense. On paper it may look like there would be a hit, but in actuality it makes the most logical sense.

You weren’t the only one thinking that. By far the most ridiculous pilot base idea I’ve read yet.

I disagree. When you have 2 airports that are 20 miles apart but takes at least an hour to get to and THAT is a deciding factor on who you fly, not a chance BMI would work.

And yes... ridiculous conversation.

This quote is where this thread should have stopped. Made me laugh!