Any word about increasing the size of the BOS domicile now that the merger is done? Need to wait for SLI?

Thanks

 

Nothing's been said about more manning.

No clue if it would change post SLI. Hopefully it does.

 

Is BOS both a FA and Pilot base now? How jr/sr? Thx

 

I don't work there but...

For pilots it's a very small base for 737 and 75/6 only. They don't fly 767s out of BOS but they may deadhead to one..no idea. It is a base though for the 73 and 5.

 

Wow. I haven't seen that info anywhere. Good to know, thx!

 

I wouldn't get your hopes up about BOS.

Parker has already closed one domicile there.

And at that time, it was bigger than the AA base there is now. Plus, it was supporting the Shuttle operation.

Best case, BOS might survive as a NYC satellite, but I wouldn't count on it remaining as a full-time domicile.

And I certainly wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any growth there.

 

If AA wants to start squeezing JetBlue they would move bAck into Boston with the 190 fleet at the very least. It makes no sense to have the 190 based in PHL.

 

You're absolutely right.

And it really makes no sense to not have the 190 based in any of the cities served by the Shuttle.

That is just begging for reliability issues. You can't just call out a reserve if a crewmember gets sick or runs out of duty time in the middle of a trip. And then there is the added expense of having to RON so many crews in expensive cities, and having to schedule so many long RON's to protect the morning schedule in the event of inbound delays the night before.

Of course, all of that was spelled out to Parker when he announced he was closing the LUS BOS and LGA domiciles.

But as we all know, he is never wrong.

And didn't both LAA and LUS hand over all of their SJU and Caribbean flying to JetBlue several years ago? So why would they suddenly want to compete with them?

 

Why doesn't it makes sense to have 190 in philly? Half the flights are to philly or from philly. It does a lot more than just shuttle.

 

My apologies.

I can't speak for EMB, but what I meant to convey was that it doesn't make sense to have the E-190 based exclusively in PHL, especially if it is going to be used so heavily on the Shuttle.

Yes, there are a lot of E-190 flights in and out of PHL, so it absolutely should be a crew base for that aircraft.

For many decades, there were crew domiciles in all three Shuttle bases. Now there is only the DCA A319 domicile, with E-190's starting to find their way onto those Shuttle flights, as well.

But that's when the Shuttle was the "jewel in the crown", as evidenced by the fact that it was the one asset that every competitor wanted during the 20 years that USAir/US Airways was going out of business any day now.

The Shuttle was an important operation, serving mostly high-fare business travelers, and was looked after with great care. There were even stand-by crews and aircraft at each domicile to protect the schedule in the event of mechanical or weather delays.

However, it appears nowadays as if the Shuttle has lost its luster in the eyes of the present management. They just have never shown a propensity for caring about premium customers.