Thank you for the reply.

These things shift a bit, depending on when you finish training, which base upgrades or FO growth goes to, and how many people are happy in base when you make your bid in training.

In other words theoretically any base is possible out of training, while FLL or MCO is most likely, DTW, ORD, and ACY are not impossible. DFW or LAS is least likely.

Currently we have classes every month, so vacancy bids every month. No guarantees for the future, but with scheduled deliveries for the foreseeable future, you should be able to get the base you want fast.

New hires getting LAS before finishing training fwiw

I wouldn’t be surprised to see a west coast base and a IAH base in the near future. VP of Flight Ops has made is clear that:

1) They need more bases
2) The recent basing assessment is now based on “where pilots want to live, where do they live vs legacy flight competition”
3) LAS and DFW have been senior for 6+ years


Wouldn’t be surprised if we see a LAX base and IAH base in the near future purely to help with pilot rentention/hiring/attrition.

Acquiring pilots and keeping them is HUGE on their mind. Can’t wait for negotiations

Ted came through my recurrent class about a month ago and outright denied the possibility of a LA base.

last I heard was BWI, IAH with a rumor of PHL.

Those 3 bases were mentioned by Jeff.

But if they are concerned with “where are the pilots, where do the pilots want to be,” you have to add a West coast base.

I would love to live in Maui.

You spelled Cleveland wrong

LAX commuters every time someone says there's no possibility of an LAX base.