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I was inverted 08-30-2022 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 3486712)
Jetblue only flies to about 7 cities that don’t touch the ocean.

Vegas and Reno are two of them.

Say what?
Off the top of my head, I got the following, but I’m sure there’s more:
LAS
SLC
RNO
DEN
PHX
ABQ
ORD
MCI
DFW
AUS
PIT
BUF
SYR
IAH
DTW
MSP
RDU
MCO
BNA
SAT


As to the post asking about LAS, I think it stays the same or maybe grows some from the combined current network, and stays a crew base. I think Joanna mentioned that as one of the west coast growth opportunities they are looking at post merger.

CincoDeMayo 08-30-2022 09:40 AM

Close to 8000 pilots when it’s all said and done with the merger. As mentioned earlier, you can’t just put everyone in NY, FL and BOS. Spirit might be trying to shrink down DTW, ORD and DFW but I bet JBLU will have much different plans with those bases and we will see returned growth.

BusBoi 08-30-2022 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I was inverted (Post 3486723)
Say what?
Off the top of my head, I got the following, but I’m sure there’s more:
LAS
SLC
RNO
DEN
PHX
ABQ
ORD
MCI
DFW
AUS
PIT
BUF
SYR
IAH
DTW
MSP
RDU
MCO
BNA
SAT


As to the post asking about LAS, I think it stays the same or maybe grows some from the combined current network, and stays a crew base. I think Joanna mentioned that as one of the west coast growth opportunities they are looking at post merger.

Agreed. Vegas is a bottomless market and makes a perfect secondary west coast hub for a combined B6/NK.

Excargodog 08-30-2022 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BusBoi (Post 3486732)
Agreed. Vegas is a bottomless market and makes a perfect secondary west coast hub for a combined B6/NK.

And it effectively pays 10% over LAX if you are going to live in base since you avoid Californias state income tax.

povertyeagle 08-30-2022 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo (Post 3486726)
Close to 8000 pilots when it’s all said and done with the merger. As mentioned earlier, you can’t just put everyone in NY, FL and BOS. Spirit might be trying to shrink down DTW, ORD and DFW but I bet JBLU will have much different plans with those bases and we will see returned growth.

Somewhere will need to be a large connecting hub. It's hard to picture an airline 90% of the size of southwest without a central connecting hub airport it dominates. While they are important, I don't know if there is room for that at DFW or ORD.

Bluedriver 08-30-2022 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by povertyeagle (Post 3486930)
Somewhere will need to be a large connecting hub. It's hard to picture an airline 90% of the size of southwest without a central connecting hub airport it dominates. While they are important, I don't know if there is room for that at DFW or ORD.

Not many options that aren't already exploited.

YellowBus 08-31-2022 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by povertyeagle (Post 3486930)
Somewhere will need to be a large connecting hub. It's hard to picture an airline 90% of the size of southwest without a central connecting hub airport it dominates. While they are important, I don't know if there is room for that at DFW or ORD.

ORD will gain gates and growth. But not for another 5 years. Project 2028 now I believe?

JulesWinfield 08-31-2022 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YellowBus (Post 3487234)
ORD will gain gates and growth. But not for another 5 years. Project 2028 now I believe?

DFW just announced that they want to continue Terminal F construction, as well. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/lo...3-3cf0409edd2d

baseball3792 09-01-2022 08:26 PM

How do new hires get their bases? Is each class awarded bases in seniority order separately, or are several months of classes grouped together? Also, how often are vacancies?

king10pin02 09-02-2022 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baseball3792 (Post 3488071)
How do new hires get their bases? Is each class awarded bases in seniority order separately, or are several months of classes grouped together? Also, how often are vacancies?

vacancie run monthly more or less.

each class is seperate

seniority order (age based)


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