You can start within 2 weeks if you want.

ps...USE THE NEW THREAD so this one can die.

I heard a rumor that psa might open a PHL base in 2018...not sure how true that is? Can anyone confirm this?

Announcement of a new base(s) in a few weeks, expecting new base(s) to open in April. Bids should be open soon.

But, don't believe it until an official announcement has been made.

Thats the leading rumor; however it wasnt too long ago that the rumors said ORD was going to be a base and we got CVG instead.

So you can take this for whatever you want... It’s just my opinion. A few months back I thought the new base was for sure going to be PHL.

Then I heard we were opening a Mx base in ORF...

Then I realized we would be doing “at least” 3 originators out of ORF daily starting this spring. My “gut feeling” is starting to do that thing it does...

And just recently after hearing our DO say that hub bases are not what we are looking at for now for a few reasons that don’t make a whole lot of sense to me I am truthfully beginning to think that ORF will be the new crew base.

They don’t want PSA and Piedmont competing directly for new hires in Philly. Piedmont isn’t going to “win” that battle, especially with our flow increasing. ORF is in about as good a position as it can be to support DCA and PHL ops and is still a short flight to CLT. Just my .02, but I think the writing is on the wall. ORF crew base.

Any word one when PSA is getting a pay raise to match Endeavor?

We are actively negotiating. I would expect something by the summer...

Is PSA's contract up? Wondering why PSA mgmt team is willing to negotiate, but Envoy mgmt said "not until hiring suffers." Both are owned by AA, Just wondering what the discrepancy?

You'd have to ask each company's managers that. Both are WO and both have AAG's blessing to raise pay. Envoy's management has already come out and said they don't need pay raises right now. PSA management may have a different mindset, like being proactive vs. reactive.

ORF crew base to appeal to transitioning military folks, which seem to be all the rage in WO recruitment these days. Back in the day many transitioning Navy folks chose AWAC just for that reason alone.

If what you're saying is true, it'd sure be nice for the same thing to happen in SAV since we're opening a maintenance base there. That'd make it very nice living in Charlie South and able to drive to Savannah instead of commuting to CLT.

Doing a quick search, it would seem that ORF has several early AM originators making it more likely as a crew base. SAV wouldn't be the first MX station we've had without a co-located crew base.

I know we are just having a discussion, but please don’t let them make ORF into a crew base smh. We don’t need anymore useless outstations. We need hubs. Right now people from Dayton are sitting around not flying. Hubs attract pilots....just sharing my thoughts!

The DO really said that? When?

Bunch of military guys would love ORF, including this one.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That doesn’t benefit the entire pilot group...selfish smh.

PSA info
 

No airline going to have bases that benefit an entire pilot group to be honest


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

True. But no airline should open a bunch of outstations making it impossible to commute without two legging it....PHL or ORD would beneficially in the sense that if you are on day 4 let’s say and your airplane breaks down or your DH on AA cancels for whatever reason, you can catch a commute on another airline or AA from one of those cities to just about anywhere in the United States. As oppose to ORF, you’ll be two legging it. Not to mention most but not all of the trips will start with a DH to a hub if we open ORF...just another DAY, CVG waiting to happen.

Amen, we need commutable bases not redneck outposts

Lol, you think ALPA has a say? Go read 26.U in the contract.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If only Dayton were a MX base without a crew base, haha.

PHL is the logical choice for a new crew base, but I think aircraft parking is a big issue at the hubs (price and space) which makes the outstations look better on paper, I'm guessing.

"He's a straight shooter with upper management written all over him" - The Bobs, Office Space

No, but maybe influence their decisions. :) Lets be honest, 90% of the pilot group will hate ORF as a crew base...I hope the company knows that

[QUOTE=WhiteMorpheus;2504753]If only Dayton were a MX base without a crew base, haha.

PHL is the logical choice for a new crew base, but I think aircraft parking is a big issue at the hubs (price and space) which makes the outstations look better on paper, I'm guessing.

Envoy opens up all hubs and they seem to have no problem. All of their bases are commutable. Yet here we are being cheap and making ORF a crew base. Why should we be the ones that have to constantly be cheap?

I know 100% thad Dion said it. I heard it come from his mouth at the December state of the airline in the CLT crew room. He said they want to align MX bases and crew bases as much as possible, and they are seriously considering ORF as the next crew base.

I think another out station crew base is stupid though, but probably the PSA way.

We're turning into the Skywest of the east in regards to random a$$ bases.

Our next base should be a HUB hands down. No one wants to two leg it to an outstation. Envoy is hiring like boondocks partially because of their all hub bases.

Good luck in finding anyone who will want to go there. When it can't be staffed it will be shut down.

There are several commuters that live near there. Not to mention those who live within an hour or two’s drive. If Whiskey managed to staff their ORF crew base then I see no real reason we wouldn’t be able to.

I’m not a fan of outstation bases for a different reason than, “I’m not happy about 2-leg commuting to base”. I think opening an outstation right now is short-sighted. Sure we have pilots now. We aren’t worried about attracting pilots with commutable hub bases... But what about a year from now? 2 years from now? Just seems short-sighted to me is all.

The propaganda is out in full force, APC profile shows PSA having a ORF and SAV crew base. I don't think we officially have those bases unless I missed something.

You can two leg commute it to SAV.

With all of the separating/retiring military in the ORF area who won’t have to move to work for a regional, it’ll stay staffed.

Or drive it! SAV would be a pretty big game-changer for me to be honest.;)

If I had to guess, someone is feeding the webmasters some false information. And probably not the company.

I take blame for the incorrect bases, and it was not intentional. I sent in the request to change some of the items to update them to be correct (total number of airplanes, number of pilots, changes to flow numbers, etc..) and included that there were 2 new maintenance bases opening.

I think they misunderstood and added them as crew bases. I have sent a request in for them to change it already.

I would not use that as a reason to believe where the next bases are going to be. I have a good idea, but until it is announced, I am not going to post any rumors on here.

Can you confirm a SJU base?

APC claims to verify everything before publishing it.

There ya go
 

Misinformation is really just that easy. Michael 39%

THIS!!
Envoy hires like crazy because of their bases are commutable. Yet we have to be the cheap ones and open ORF? Smh imagine being forced to upgrade then two legging to reserve in ORF. I hope someone tells this to Dion.

LOL...I kinda hopes it opens, then they realized they can’t staff it and then it shuts down so they can realize how bad they are at running an airline.

ORF makes as much sense as a base than TYS, yet TYS is very senior with absolutely no trouble staffing it at all.

There are small niche markets that make great little bases. There are 40-50 people in each seat that would like to live there, are very happy, and have a great quality of life. TYS is like that. ORF would be as well. That is a great town. Virginia Beach and Newport News close by, and you could easily drive in from Richmond or Elizabeth City, NC.

I could easily see people coming to PSA, moving to a place like Virginia Beach, being very happy with a 25 minute drive to work, and enjoying living on the coast.

But PHL will be the good, commutable base that people are looking for.

Does anyone know when this base announcement is supposed to happen?