View Poll Results: Where do you want to be based?

ACY

5.74%

ATL

9.02%

DFW

5.74%

DTW

9.02%

IAH

7.38%

LAS

11.48%

ORD

7.38%

None, I like where I am.

23.77%

None, we share a base.

7.38%

867-5309

13.11%

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01-11-2023 | 07:13 PM

#11

SSlow

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Originally Posted by BunkerF16

Yeah I heard. But they're old as F too, no? Lol. How many of them are still around in 2 1/2. years when we could even swap around between our bases. Besides, I'm no spring chicken in terms of seniority here at JB. Not senior senior, but I hold my own. I'd give up some seniority to drive to work the last few years of my career anyways so we good.

I can't speak for DTW but we have several pilots under age 60 in the Florida bases with pre '99 hire dates

DTW retirements over the next 4 years...

2023: 1
2024: 1 (FO)
2025: 2
2026: 7

01-11-2023 | 07:27 PM

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SaintNick

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Originally Posted by Tranquility

They are definitely old as F! I hope it works for you and we keep DTW open, along with many of our other bases….

I don’t expect any bases to close except for maybe acy.

01-11-2023 | 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Tranquility

They are definitely old as F! I hope it works for you and we keep DTW open, along with many of our other bases….

Amen to that, brother!

01-11-2023 | 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SSlow

I can't speak for DTW but we have several pilots under age 60 in the Florida bases with pre '99 hire dates

DTW retirements over the next 4 years...

2023: 1
2024: 1 (FO)
2025: 2
2026: 7

Good info, thanks. It's all going to depend on how the SLI works out. I suspect we would combine ops around mid 2025. I have some SLI spreadsheets I think someone from NK ran a few months ago. I've been seeing where I'd slot in based on a few of those projections and I end up pretty close to the same % in base at DTW as I am in BOS right now. We'll see how it ends up. Even if I lose a little seniority, driving to work makes up the difference. Long way to go but it's fun to play around with.

01-12-2023 | 04:27 AM

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HastyPack

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Originally Posted by BunkerF16

Is there a link to check out that SLI? Hopefully they update it as well with all the hiring both of us are doing.

01-12-2023 | 04:55 AM

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Is there a link to check out that SLI? Hopefully they update it as well with all the hiring both of us are doing.

I have PDF and Excel spreadsheets but they're too large to upload here. Also, they're already outdated. On the spreadsheets t shows me about 20 higher than in the current B6 seniority list.

01-12-2023 | 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tranquility

I hate to break it to you, but the top end of DTW here is senior. And by senior, I mean senior. Like pre-JetBlue existence senior….

ORD is pretty senior too hoping with the merger they ramp ord back up so I can get back.

01-12-2023 | 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by flyingpuma1

ORD is pretty senior too hoping with the merger they ramp ord back up so I can get back.

Been hearing some rumors that flights could be added to ORD before the merger. I think ORD could be a great hub for JB+NK. The market is incredibly large and important, and the market is extremely fractured. UAL, AA and SWA all have very large operations, and NK/F9 have notable operations as well. It's such a fractured market, that I think it could be easier for JB to muscle it's way in than it is in other large metros where the majority of customers already have strong loyalty to one brand, with status and deep mileage accounts that marry them to that company.

Now, can JB get a lot of gates? I do not know the answer to that question.