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Originally Posted by Utah
I don't think TUS will be closing all that soon, rather the SLC EMB base.
I actually agree, TUS doesn't have to close just yet. They can allow the numbers to be reduced over time as pilots bid out and not replace them. Since we run TUS from LAX, SFO, SLC, DEN and soon to be PHX they still have avenues to flow the remaining crewmembers into the UAL, DAL and US systems.
As for SLC EMB, I understand that some of the EMB routes are moving to the RJ but not all of them. IMO which accounts for nothing, I don’t see the SLC EMB base closing in 2012. Although we do know Chip-Away was quoted as saying “the SLC EMB base will be closed by Apr 2011” (which didn’t happen) so it's obviously on his “things to do” list. But with that being said SKW is no longer the SKW we remember and they remind us of that regularly. SLC EMB, TUS CRJ, PSP CRJ/EMB and SBP/SMX EMB are all on the chopping block. SKW has made it known that they want to be more centralized to better utilize their crewmembers, this means adios to outstation bases. Example: SAN, CRQ, SBA, SMF, MRY all gone in the last few years all without a real decrease in ops.