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Originally Posted by pa28dakota
Any more chatter about the possibility of an eastern base? With soon to be 11 destinations out of Trenton it would seem that could be a logical next step maybe?
I think the company is doing an analysis of the implication of FAR 117 and rethinking apple charters. The only reason CHI domicile exists is apple charters (we have a duty day limitation in our CBA that kicks in based upon time in domicile so a lot of the apple stuff that departs early from central and eastern time zones doesn't work with pilots that are based in mountain time zone).
I think there will be a northeast base (PHL-TTN-ILG) in 2014 and that base will be much bigger than the current CHI base (approximately 60 pilots). The northeast base will go VERY junior. In other words the current round of new hires may hold denver since we are short in denver but once we have a staffing adjustment for an east coast base most additional new hires will end up on the east coast.