Could it support our industry-leading paring parameters?

If not then no.

If yes then maybe. Maybe is all we need to use to fuel hope and then all is good in the hood!

 

I wasn’t around back then, but if Jetblue didn’t open a new domicile back around 2009-2013 when they were growing fast, I highly doubt we’ll see one now. What year did Jetblue open it’s last base? Was it LGB?

 

Yes.....2006

 

When was the OAK satellite base open?

 

So there is a chance

 

So, let's take this apart.

The thing that's stopping a base from opening in SFO is the lack of frequency to and from the station. With only 15 flights a day, it doesn't make any sense to operate a domicile from that small of a station.

But let's say the company decided to open a domicile. At 15 flights a day, with 2 flights per day going to LGB, that's 13% of the schedule. They could make the 5% requirement comply. Even better, it'd likely be a co-domicile with SJC and OAK, boosting that number even more. I have no doubt the company could figure out how to shoehorn one line of day trips into a single line of flying out of 20 lines.

It's easy to make the rest of the trip mix work using the trans cons, but there's no need to do that, because the flying is covered just fine from the East coast at present.

If DCA, which I'm pretty sure has more flights per day than LGB, isn't a domicile yet, SFO isn't going to become one. It isn't because of the contract, it's because it makes no sense to open SFO as a domicile.

 

Correct. Not that it will ever happen but DCA is pretty much the only place where a new base could happen. Will it I really doubt it the chances do go up if they only use 220s there but still it’s slim. It is the area with the largest population of crew members where there isn’t a base. Unless something major happens I think you are looking at all the same bases for a long time. The planes might change like 220s based in FLL or something like that but that’s pretty much it.

 

According to JBALPA it's the contract!

 

Let’s be honest... The bulk of the west coast flying is handled by east coast crews (LGB rally at the JFK Crowne Plaza around 5pm for the ‘trail of tears’ ferry home). It’s only a mattter of time before we are shrunk or displaced. Once displacement language comes into effect in 2020, LGB is doomed. Maybe AS will call before then... JG and company should address this on one of their site visits this summer. At least the beers are free, and assuming it isn’t a weekend we’ll be legal to drink them.

For those hoping to get picked up in LGB, consider your options. There are FOUR legacy airlines and SWA with bases in CA (not to mention UPS). Plan your future accordingly.

Or, listen to that clown 360.... He probably enjoys his overnights at the Fairmont while pretending to understand the CBA. For now, back to my $30 breakfast at the JFK Hilton while the CA sneaks over to the Hampton for the Raisin Bran ( He’s a FLL guy picking up VDA on this broken pairing... Can’t stop talking about his brand new RXS golf clubs and fairway house).

 

Did I miss an e-mail that made this statement?