lol, this comment is...by the way, who the heck uses the Kilo?

[QUOTE=symbian simian;2960574]So?

Really? The loads are full! Nothing like having your own Airport!

[QUOTE=Super EZ E;2960633]I never said we shouldn't fly there, I wonder why we have a base there. There is probably just as many people commuting from DEN to LAS as we have living in ACY, and the same amount of daily departures. Open the DEN base!

Former ATC.

Thats what the pairing optimizer does. It saves money. It takes into account the CBA, FARs, where we have domiciles, hotel costs, and aircraft mx flow. Having ACY crews doing certain flights could easily push the cost over on something more than simply hotels.

Our network schedule changes each month because we are a growing airline. This changes the overall flying in the system which is why flying moves in and out of bases. Say we add one flight from ACY to XYZ and one from LAS to XYZ this month. They can’t just put those flights in the domicile they originate at. They run the pairing optimizer and it reshuffles the entire deck for the lowest cost. The lowest network cost could very well be the ACY crew doing the LAS flight and the LAS crew doing the ACY flight.

This is super effed up, but you can be home more in FLL by swapping for flying in other domiciles that come and steal our flying. I'm not talking about the pairings that simply pass thru for an overnight before heading back someplace else, but Spirit literally has crews from other domiciles that come into our base and camp out for multiple days doing turns and staying in expensive South Florida hotels for three straight overnights. The only thing they are "optimizing" is the kick below the belt.

As someone who’s based up north, doing FLL flying in the winter = score!! That’s how my trips are built...
Playing a small violin..... :rolleyes:

Well at least it's working out for someone

In LAS 90% of the 4 day FLL trips are jungle turns you can't do because redeye+1.

Did you really say “steal our flying?”