Not a legal trip, since a VB trip cannot begin or END with an ocean crossing...

Virtual Basing
A. The Company may establish one or more virtual bases for pilots, as follows:
2016.10.04 TA MOU #16-03 – Virtual Basing & Temporary Duty
1. 2.
A virtual base will not be located:
a. outside the contiguous 48 states of the United States.
b. at an existing pilot base.
A virtual base rotation will not:
a. begin with an ocean crossing flight segment.
b. contain an ocean crossing flight segment to or from an existing pilot base.

It does not end in an ocean crossing into a pilot base.

Well played!

There's a chance VB can benefit some pilots who leave near the VB. There's a chance opening a new base (or closing a current category) could benefit some pilots by putting flying near them. There's a chance the closing could hurt some pilots. In related news, Change Occurs In The Airline Industry.

I'm Pro-Choice on the issue. If we don't like the way the kid turns out, be can abort it after-the-fact.

Then why don't they just do it? I don't think you'll see anybody here complain if Delta opens a new base.

I didn't know the kool-aid man had a side kick. Must've gotten buried by one of those walls he was always knocking over.

i'm 99.9% sure it can end with one, just cant start with one.

Yeah I see that now

MEC Alert 18-12.

Special meeting extension to discuss virtual basing. Thoughts? I know I have written my reps to support the termination of VB. I like the TDY portion, but if VB goes so does TDY.

Anyone else have any insight/thoughts on this meeting?

This example, I don't remember in the Con paper.

Now that it's up and running, I personally think the risk of trying it out for a few months is pretty low. The category doesn't affect me directly, so easy for me to say... but debating some real-world observed pros and cons would seem to be better than just hypotheticals. Naturally, the way the company tries it out initially is no guarantee they'll continue with that same methodology, so that's a threat in determining effects.

Disagree. The threat is virtual basing. It costs jobs and potentially QOL. They can have their one month trial period. Then it needs to go. Hopefully that is the message the MEC is sending after their meeting.

There is no doubt that the virtual bases will be great from the company perspective during the test period. They want them in the PWA. Later they can start peeling back layers until it works for them.

I don’t understand the blind faith some have in this when we (or our union) control very little. They want a base in MCO? Open one. BOS? Open one.