SaintNick

used to. Can’t do that anymore.

Excargodog

Seriously?

Bluedriver

What is your point?

Excargodog

SFO typically leads the west coast in weather related delays/cancellations.

Bluedriver

He said, specifically, that JB likes to have a crew base at both ends of a Mint flight, to minimize delays/cancelations. In other words, to mitigate the effects of delays/cancellations on Mint flights. To recover from crew time-outs, crew sick calls. The fact that SFO has delays is a reason to have a crew base their, in case chit. JB runs Mint almost like a separate airline, with longer turn times and more breathing room in the schedule to try and keep the Mint lines running more on time, and more reliably.

Not saying they will open SFO, but SFO has a lot of Mint flights and is one of our most important routes. Mint is some of our most profitable flying. So, if the delays are substantial and frequent enough to cause flight cancellations, they could/might look at SFO as a small pilot base.

I like your idea of SLC, and think JB COULD do well there. But as of right now there are few flights, it is a fairly small station. So they would have pursue it aggressively to justify a base. Maybe they will someday, but I've never heard it mentioned in that way. Maybe the NK acquisition will cause them to rethink the way they base aircraft and crews? None of us know that yet.

SLC has VERY high levels of leisure travel in the winter and summer, and lots of business traffic. I do think we could do very well there, if JB could get a lot of gates.

TransWorld

Looks like 20 to 30% is the typical norm. Does not allow me to conclude anything at all.

I was inverted

Yet another reason to have reserves there…

Excargodog

Excapt the title of the graphic is airports in the US with the highest percentage of delayed and cancelled trips. So. Yeah, the seven worst…

trd270

Gates are going to be up for grabs, second half of A term is opening this year, B term next 18 months. Already got permission to add 8 additional gates and already talking about adding a C term. Someone is going to move in, just a matter of who, big D can’t hog them all.

Bluedriver

I thought I heard Breeze wants an SLC hub? Honestly would love to see JB move in there heavy and hard. But I'd have to see it to believe it...