New Hire Class Drops and Bases
04-17-2026 | 12:25 PM
#211
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Last ground school apparently had everyone in it... JD and AL for 2 hours... saying some actual nice things.
Yes, base closures apparently, 3-5. Opening maybe 1 or 2 new locations instead. (I would expect CVG, MIA, SJU, TPA, MAYBE CLE to be on the chopping block) New bases? Idk, maybe Houston? LA? NY?
MM came in and spoke to the ground school and said June COLAs are incoming, apparently.
So we will see.
Yes, base closures apparently, 3-5. Opening maybe 1 or 2 new locations instead. (I would expect CVG, MIA, SJU, TPA, MAYBE CLE to be on the chopping block) New bases? Idk, maybe Houston? LA? NY?
MM came in and spoke to the ground school and said June COLAs are incoming, apparently.
So we will see.
Not a chance they open NY after they gutted all the JFK/LGA flying.
04-17-2026 | 01:18 PM
#212
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Last ground school apparently had everyone in it... JD and AL for 2 hours... saying some actual nice things.
Yes, base closures apparently, 3-5. Opening maybe 1 or 2 new locations instead. (I would expect CVG, MIA, SJU, TPA, MAYBE CLE to be on the chopping block) New bases? Idk, maybe Houston? LA? NY?
MM came in and spoke to the ground school and said June COLAs are incoming, apparently.
So we will see.
Yes, base closures apparently, 3-5. Opening maybe 1 or 2 new locations instead. (I would expect CVG, MIA, SJU, TPA, MAYBE CLE to be on the chopping block) New bases? Idk, maybe Houston? LA? NY?
MM came in and spoke to the ground school and said June COLAs are incoming, apparently.
So we will see.
04-17-2026 | 04:33 PM
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Last ground school apparently had everyone in it... JD and AL for 2 hours... saying some actual nice things.
Yes, base closures apparently, 3-5. Opening maybe 1 or 2 new locations instead. (I would expect CVG, MIA, SJU, TPA, MAYBE CLE to be on the chopping block) New bases? Idk, maybe Houston? LA? NY?
MM came in and spoke to the ground school and said June COLAs are incoming, apparently.
So we will see.
Yes, base closures apparently, 3-5. Opening maybe 1 or 2 new locations instead. (I would expect CVG, MIA, SJU, TPA, MAYBE CLE to be on the chopping block) New bases? Idk, maybe Houston? LA? NY?
MM came in and spoke to the ground school and said June COLAs are incoming, apparently.
So we will see.
04-17-2026 | 06:39 PM
#216
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They are just trying to manage pilot staffing, fleet count, block hours, fuel prices and demand. $5 gas isn't helpful.
04-17-2026 | 06:41 PM
#217
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Last ground school apparently had everyone in it... JD and AL for 2 hours... saying some actual nice things.
Yes, base closures apparently, 3-5. Opening maybe 1 or 2 new locations instead. (I would expect CVG, MIA, SJU, TPA, MAYBE CLE to be on the chopping block) New bases? Idk, maybe Houston? LA? NY?
MM came in and spoke to the ground school and said June COLAs are incoming, apparently.
So we will see.
Yes, base closures apparently, 3-5. Opening maybe 1 or 2 new locations instead. (I would expect CVG, MIA, SJU, TPA, MAYBE CLE to be on the chopping block) New bases? Idk, maybe Houston? LA? NY?
MM came in and spoke to the ground school and said June COLAs are incoming, apparently.
So we will see.
They still want to run the airline on day turns so you do need a fairly large number of bases to do that. I think we see 2 or 3 closures at the most. Id be shocked to see 5 bases close
04-18-2026 | 05:16 AM
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Id be shocked if it was more than 2. They still want turns, and a point of emphasis according to JD is maintenance. For those 2 reasons I can only really see CVG and MIA.
04-18-2026 | 09:14 AM
#220
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Closing MIA would be a huge mistake. A large part of NKs bread and Butter is FLL to South America. Thus far we have done an exceedingly poor job of making that expansion, but many of the gates we have are international. The gate area is actually about the right size for the plane.
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