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Originally Posted by nochopforboxes
(Post 3599000)
People keep mentioning hotel costs... Yet our flight attendants (4-5 per pairing) have 3-4 day trips. So why is the company only focusing on 1-2 day pairings for pilots?
Flight attendant hotels are less expensive Beyond that, I have no idea and wonder the same. |
Originally Posted by hercretired
(Post 3598931)
Historically, a base has needed 20-ish direct flights to other cities as Step-1 before consideration for base. It has also needed on-site local Airbus maintenance talent, contractor or otherwise, and hangar space for overnight maintenance or maintenance while bad weather existed.
A large number of TDY/RON/overnights in that location was also a consideration, as this cost the company alot of money. IAH has 6 cities served by Frontier HOU has 3 cities. CLE and CVG each have 11 or 12 cities so... CVG - 11 (DEN, LAS, PHX, CUN, MIA, RSW, TPA, MCO, ATL, RDU, PHL) CLE - 13 (DEN, LAS, PHX, DFW, CUN, MIA, FLL, RSW, TPA, MCO, ATL, RDU, PHL) DFW - 19 (DEN, LAS, PHX, SFO, ONT, SNA, SAN, CUN, MBJ, MIA, TPA, MCO, ATL, RDU, BWI, PHL, LGA, CLE, MDW) IAH - 6 (DEN, LAS, CUN, MCO, ATL, PHL) HOU - 4 (DEN, LAS, CUN, MCO) I doubt either IAH or HOU will ever be a base. Flying out of either airport has not picked up since Nov '22. We will have nine bases starting in May. IMO, a base would have to be within the top 15 preforming locations consistently before being considered. Let's see where things are starting May through the summer. |
Originally Posted by nochopforboxes
(Post 3599000)
People keep mentioning hotel costs... Yet our flight attendants (4-5 per pairing) have 3-4 day trips. So why is the company only focusing on 1-2 day pairings for pilots?
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Originally Posted by Mooneyguy
(Post 3597725)
correct. Den is a high cost airport. We don’t do high cost airports. Den is not going to grow, even with Barry’s outdoor gates that will cut turn times “in half”
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Originally Posted by BiffleBalls
(Post 3599925)
Speaking of "Barry’s outdoor gates", what is going on with that? Every time I taxi by the east end of the A concourse it looks like nothing is happening out there. What gives?
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Originally Posted by DumboDrop
(Post 3600326)
It's winter?
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Originally Posted by BiffleBalls
(Post 3599925)
Speaking of "Barry’s outdoor gates", what is going on with that? Every time I taxi by the east end of the A concourse it looks like nothing is happening out there. What gives?
https://www.9news.com/article/travel...c-6460afcfc2a7 |
Originally Posted by VASBYT
(Post 3599343)
If you really want to get technical:
CVG - 11 (DEN, LAS, PHX, CUN, MIA, RSW, TPA, MCO, ATL, RDU, PHL) CLE - 13 (DEN, LAS, PHX, DFW, CUN, MIA, FLL, RSW, TPA, MCO, ATL, RDU, PHL) DFW - 19 (DEN, LAS, PHX, SFO, ONT, SNA, SAN, CUN, MBJ, MIA, TPA, MCO, ATL, RDU, BWI, PHL, LGA, CLE, MDW) IAH - 6 (DEN, LAS, CUN, MCO, ATL, PHL) HOU - 4 (DEN, LAS, CUN, MCO) I doubt either IAH or HOU will ever be a base. Flying out of either airport has not picked up since Nov '22. We will have nine bases starting in May. IMO, a base would have to be within the top 15 preforming locations consistently before being considered. Let's see where things are starting May through the summer. |
Originally Posted by WeiserTraffic
(Post 3600833)
So it looks like that’s 10 departures per day between IAH/HOU. What about a dual base?
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We have already operated dual bases for pilots in the past.
Chicago used to serve both airports. Convenient for commuters! Lol I don't believe there's anything in our contract preventing them from doing it again. Correct me if I'm wrong |
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