A new base will also come with short time to hold a R1 line

 

If we open another base, this will repeat itself. Staffing a new base will bring down times while flying gets moved around. Opening a new base has multiple purposes, one purpose would be to allow additional growth/flying as we add more planes this year. Hopefully most of the flying in the new base would be new lines, not lines stolen from other bases.

If PHL is selected as our next base, I think it will go fairly junior. Those already living in the PHL area are more likely to have gone to Piedmont (or Air Whisky) making most of our PHL pilots commuters. It's pretty convenient for those in the NE, though. It's also a good settling point for those planning to go to mainline, aside from it being in Pennsylvania (at least while they've got the E190 flying).

I could see ORF going more senior and stealing pilots from DCA without much new flying to be had there (maybe the same lines that would have been PHL).

 

You think ORF will go senior? How many pilots commute from ORF and PHF on PSA already? I would think those in RIC could go 50/50 on DCA vs ORF.


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I think ORF would be more like another TYS, rather than a DAY. People actually want to live there. It seems like most TYS people live in that general vicinity, whereas, I'm guessing at least 50% of the DAY pilot group commutes. I haven't checked out the ORF route maps, but I'm guessing it's at least as commutable as DAY, but with way better scenery and weather.

 

I doubt it would be commutable


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If you lived in PIT, but are not planning on living there long term and were interested in joining PSA, what would you do while on reserve?

-Drive to DAY (260-ish miles);
-Drive to DCA (250-ish miles);
-Commute to DCA (One PSA flight, one TSA flight, two RPA flights
a day, currently);
-Commute to CLT (Five AA flights and two PSA flights a day,
currently).

I've discarded TYS and CVG because those would be two leg commutes.

Appreciate the insight.

 

PIT is very tough to commute out of anywhere on American. Dayton is a 4 hour drive. Why not look at Republic who has a base at PIT and drive to work?

 

I certainly wouldn't rule out Republic, but I want to keep the option of one day applying to American open, and more so I'm hoping to live in the Carolinas down the line.

 

Imagine being forced to upgrade and now sit reserve, along with a two leg commute to ORF from anywhere besides a couple cities.....ORF is a bad choice. Give commuters more choices of bases...

 

KPHL and KORF just announced today as new bases. Opening May 2018.