The commuter thread
03-10-2023 | 05:30 AM
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Reading around the forums it looks like MDW is still a junior base and there are several flights from MCI to MDW and ORD every day so I assume that would be the best place to commute to from MCI. I am also wondering about the seniority at DEN, is that a base that a new hire might be able to get shortly after training?
ORD to MDW is either a $45-50 Uber ride or 1:40 on the train with a change in downtown. Southwest has decent service on that route so I doubt you'd need to get up to ORD much.
03-10-2023 | 07:46 AM
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Good afternoon. I have an interview with SWA at the end of March. My family is established for at least the next 5-6 years in Kansas City because of our kid’s schooling and sports. No matter which airline (if any, God willing) offers me a job I will be commuting. I know the rumors of MCI or BNA becoming a pilot base but I am not basing any decision on that. Reading around the forums it looks like MDW is still a junior base and there are several flights from MCI to MDW and ORD every day so I assume that would be the best place to commute to from MCI. I am also wondering about the seniority at DEN, is that a base that a new hire might be able to get shortly after training? Still trying to learn about all this after the last 16 years flying in the military. Thanks for any advice.
03-10-2023 | 08:16 AM
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03-10-2023 | 09:13 AM
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03-10-2023 | 11:20 AM
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I personally haven’t heard anything lately about a MCI base opening. But I have heard that rumor regularly in the approximately 20 years I’ve been here. Same with BNA. Same with an Alaska merger. And same with us buying Hawaiian.
03-10-2023 | 12:50 PM
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I heard from a sup STL was dropped as a base consideration because of social issues over the last couple years. The KC newspaper said SWA committed to making MCI a hub as part of its financial contribution, but no mention of a base.
There are a lot of “hubs” that would seem to make sense as bases imo, even if they’re virtual bases.
That may be a good way to attract more new hires in the future.
There are a lot of “hubs” that would seem to make sense as bases imo, even if they’re virtual bases.
That may be a good way to attract more new hires in the future.
03-10-2023 | 01:54 PM
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It was a sure thing that BNA was going to be announced as a base at the rally, look how that panned out. I guess the real question is: does the new MCI terminal have crew lounges?...
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