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in 2015 UA closed their pilot base at SEA. Not too sure how long it had been open but they once flew DC-3s out of there.

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Back in the 60s I believe it was the most senior domicile UA had. But after absorbing Northwest, Delta sort of ran them out. A lot of very senior people found themselves commuting to SFO.

There are no guaranteed safe bases. In the course of a career, becoming a commuter sometime is damn near inevitable.

LOL, maybe if they'd fenced the DC-3 in the latest TA it wouldn't have come to that....

AllYourBaseAreB

08-02-2022 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by povertyeagle (Post 3471476)

Tell that to the AA guys in PHX or BOS. Sitting on the edge of their seats.

BOS is going to get an Airbus base in the near future.

PHX is stagnant but not going away

povertyeagle

08-02-2022 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AllYourBaseAreB (Post 3471839)

BOS is going to get an Airbus base in the near future.

It already has one, it's called jetblue and the NEA.

AA can sell millions of tickets a year to BOS on the airbus without operating a flight. Why would they?

Bluedriver

08-03-2022 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by povertyeagle (Post 3471886)

It already has one, it's called jetblue and the NEA.

AA can sell millions of tickets a year to BOS on the airbus without operating a flight. Why would they?

Yet it seems to be coming none the less.

Halon1211

08-03-2022 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by IamEssential (Post 3471483)

US Airways - PIT
Delta - CVG
Eastern - MKE

ohh wait

we are not talking about small bases here… we are talking about massive hubs.

AA is never getting rid of DFW!

Delta is never getting rid of ATL!

Spirit/JetBlue is never getting rid of FLL! (Florida is their bread and butter)

let’s not be so obtuse

Flyby1206

08-03-2022 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by povertyeagle (Post 3471886)

It already has one, it's called jetblue and the NEA.

AA can sell millions of tickets a year to BOS on the airbus without operating a flight. Why would they?

So AA can fly the 50 A321XLRs they have on order.

povertyeagle

08-03-2022 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyby1206 (Post 3471935)

So AA can fly the 50 A321XLRs they have on order.

So they bought those for their tiny Boston base, not ORD, JFK, CLT, PHL, MIA and DFW/ PHX to Hawaii?

HogEars

08-03-2022 05:30 AM

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Flyby1206

08-03-2022 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by povertyeagle (Post 3471950)

So they bought those for their tiny Boston base, not ORD, JFK, CLT, PHL, MIA and DFW/ PHX to Hawaii?

I’m sure we’ll see them at several bases, but I’m willing to bet BOS has a good chunk of the XLR flying.

FNGFO

08-03-2022 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by povertyeagle (Post 3471950)

So they bought those for their tiny Boston base, not ORD, JFK, CLT, PHL, MIA and DFW/ PHX to Hawaii?

The XLR’s are planned for Europe use. They’re not a 757 so you can probably bet the NE bases will get most of them. The NX’s can do the other missions temperature permitting.

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