New crew bases?
12-06-2018 | 03:45 PM
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New crew bases?
I hesitate to even get this rumor mill started... But does anyone have any reasonably reliable information about new bases being opened in the future? A friend of mine in AA management at BNA said he heard Republic was opening a base there. (Which would be awesome for me)
12-06-2018 | 05:57 PM
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I hesitate to even get this rumor mill started... But does anyone have any reasonably reliable information about new bases being opened in the future? A friend of mine in AA management at BNA said he heard Republic was opening a base there. (Which would be awesome for me)
No and definitely not BNA. If anything, SDF, but that’s not even seriously being considered.
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12-06-2018 | 06:02 PM
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12-06-2018 | 06:46 PM
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If we’re going to open an outstation it would have many more flights than we currently do, among other reasons. It took this company over 2 years longer than it should have to open IAH. We aren’t just going to open BNA because some gate agent says so. I have however heard talk of Skywest opening it as a base but you would have to ask them how likely that is.
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12-06-2018 | 06:59 PM
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If we’re going to open an outstation it would have many more flights than we currently do, among other reasons. It took this company over 2 years longer than it should have to open IAH. We aren’t just going to open BNA because some gate agent says so. I have however heard talk of Skywest opening it as a base but you would have to ask them how likely that is.
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12-06-2018 | 07:04 PM
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Ok, so just trying to better understand how this works... it appears BNA has more Republic activity than MCI, so would it be that shocking? And just to clarify, my friend is a manager at American, not "some gate agent". I appreciate the perspective though. And I've heard the same thing about Skywest, but I wouldn't be interested in working for them.
MCI has been a long standing base, and while this company has a history of opening and closing bases, it hasn’t really done that since the 2015 contract. Just because MCI is what it is does not mean BNA will be a base.
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12-07-2018 | 04:05 AM
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MCI is a base because of our west operations like DEN, it gives us a nearby base Incase plane breaks etc. it’s all about how many RON(remain Over Night) airplanes we have. BNA probably has 3-4. SDF has 10-11 this month, plus a Mx hangar. That’s 40+ hotel rooms a night there. So SDF is most likely going to be a base at some point if we get a promise for more flying through there for codeshares.
12-07-2018 | 04:55 PM
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12-07-2018 | 09:47 PM
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