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Originally Posted by Snuffaluffagus (Post 1875531)

Rule number 1 about commuting: You don't move for a regional. Look at the tons of base closures at various airlines over the years.

And to a lesser extent, that rule can apply to some legacies. If it it's simply removing a fleet form a domicile and one can't hold it anymore. But the base closure stil applies;

UAL SEA-MIA-HNL
DAL/NWA BOS-MEM-ANC-HNL-BNA-PDX and others I'm forgetting.
AA SFO
USAir PIT-BOS.

Let's take it to FedEx, OAK and EWR.

And YES, I would AGREE that a domicile is "safer" at a legacy than the whack a mole style opening-closing of regionals. But it STILL applies.