BNA
 

Looks like Spirit is moving their OCC to BNA. Any rumors about a pilot domicile opening up here?

No. End of thread

Wonder why they chose Nashville? I thought our new HQ was supposed to have a new OCC also.

The email said why. Less chance of a hurricane or other inclement weather/natural phenomena interrupting operations in the crystal palace.

I heard Spirit is going to be teaming up with CMT for some advertising. Taylor Swift will write a song about how she meet her boyfriend on Spirit flight then dumped him later. The music video will be filmed on one of our new NEO’s.

Tell all the flight attendants you talk to about the new BNA base, let’s get the rumors started.

I too thought new HQ was supposed to have OCC in the building.

That makes too much sense :)

I could be wrong, but I thought Nashville was subject to widespread power outages resulting from fairly harsh severe weather including storms and snow/ice events. You would think some place out in the desert, like say Phoenix or Vegas would be better protected from weather events.

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that whatever building they’re going to use will be required to have robust generator backup. Snow and ice can be problematic, but you’re probably not going to find your neighborhood missing following the event as you could with a strong hurricane.

It's being converted into a ballroom to host the Black & Yellow Balls.

It's about $$$. Things are CHEAP in BNA! The city is growing!! Very interesting to say the least.

BNA isn’t that cheap, seems weird to put it in a city Spirit has been flying out of for 4 months.

How does that matter? All they need is their FLL-BNA flight and they are set.

Ted likes to sing songs on his guitar. Nashville is a perfect choice.

You haven’t been to Nashville in the last 5 years. Real estate is booming there


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Allegiant BNA pilot base.....
 

We beat you to it.

I’m guessing it had to do with some kind of government/tax incentive. Vegas, Detroit, Dallas and Chicago are all bases with no hurricanes and make more sense than Nashville. It has to do with money...


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They didn’t even think of the average TORCON in BNA.

Nashville is on the "Smart Grid"..... It doesn't quit.

I second that. I build houses in Chattanooga and we are booming at $190/SqFt on housing being a good deal. Nashville is around 220/sqft. The town is growing like Spirit. Also, I heard we will be getting multiple new gates there so the idea of a central US crew base in BNA isn't as crazy as you think!
J

The Spirit OCC will not be in the city or County of Nashville. It will be located in Williamson county (Franklin/Brentwood).
Average home price per Zillow....$499,000. I guess that’s cheap if you are moving from California!
https://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_l...see/williamson
Housing is very expensive, traffic along I65 corridor is miserable during rush hour.
Williamson County is known to offer big temporary tax cuts to businesses that locate there. Nissan American relocated their from Cali.
Typical SE US weather, a few tornadoes here and there, ice storm every 3-4 years.
BNA employee parking for commuters is $300/yr.

Nope, AA had a pilot base there years ago. Pulled out SWA took over gates, but no pilot base.

By car Nashville is 1 day's drive from 80% of the US population. It's a right to work state, no income tax and is still a lot less expensive than other major metropolitan areas. Although that is changing since the most recent country wide mass migration happening.

Actually I be in BNA today, Well aware of what's going on in BNA. Over all it's cheap. Taxes are low and homes are cheap. Look at the dollar per square foot price on homes. Clearly a lot of people think I'm correct or they wouldn't be moving in, Click on the link above someone posted. $500k is the median price not the average! Big difference. Look at the taxes on $400k! $2400 a YEAR!! That's CHEAP!! Price per sq/ft runs $124! Thats cheap!!

They could outsource OCC to India and the next day there would be pilot rumors of 350’s and flights to Mumbai

Unless you have been around long enough to have gone through training in Miramar, most pilots have been there what, twice? Initial new hires and Upgrade, neither visit was really productive or necessary.

We don’t even go there as a new hire anymore. That said, I’m still hoping for a BNA base even if it’s unlikely for a while.

Most upgrades haven't either.

I went there as a new hire six months ago.

Not to burst your bubble but we already have one of those in DFW

Anything West of the Mississippi is still wild and unexplored country to the braintrust whereas BNA isn’t that far from the greater Ohio River Valley.

I started about a month ago and they told us they stopped going there for NH as it was a waste of a day. The people come to us during class when they can now.

BNA
 

You also have AA in DFW. I’m not sure why that base hasn’t moved to IAH. DFW is more south than central US when it comes to air travel.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree about AA, but I wouldn't say BNA is any more central than DFW. Texas is about as central is it gets when connecting coast to coast bases. I think this is just another classic case of pilots trying to conjure up any kind of personal theory that might make sense for why the company should put a domicile in XYZ location because it benefits them personally. At the end of the day they won't do it unless there is some huge cost advantage to doing so, which is greatly welcomed.

Hell I wish we had a domicile in AUS, and I won't even BS you trying to hamster up some weird argument for it. My reasons are purely selfish because my family lives there.

Move what base, DFW? Close DFW and open IAH because DFW has AA and that IAH is further south? Have you heard of United in IAH? They are kind of like the AA of Dallas, but in Houston.

Something tells me the fact BNA is an OCC location, youre getting your Tennessee hopes up high trying to justify it as the "central base," and to justify that, DFW needs to go even further south, to be the south base...sound about right?

It will be curious how many employees that man the OCC do not make the move from south Florida. I’d bet Spirit will not pay for their move or pay very little. We may get a whole new group of dispatchers when this thing gets up and running.

That’s orobably part of the plan. Move the office to a desirable location, and recruit inexpensive young talent to replace those who can’t or won’t leave South Florida.

Dispatchers are unionized; so hopefully they have some relocation language in their contract.

I was thinking they’d be the only group that would move. Everyone else that isn’t in a management roll probably won’t.

BNA president said in a tweet that the salary range for Spirit OCC jobs will be 60-70k/yr.
Besides dispatchers there are load planners and meteorologists in a typical OCC, then support staff.
Not sure how many Florida OCC employees would pick up and move for a 60k job.

Most probably won’t move, but that salary would likely go a lot further in Tennessee than south Fl