CLE is a profitable O&D market, capacity in increasing starting this summer and beyond. Won't be a hub again, but it holds its own as a focus city. Mx causes it to be predominantly 737's passing through for overnight checks. The pilot base is currently overstaffed by about 20 crews to be optimally balanced but manpower is allowing attrition to get it to equilibrium. Once it gets to that point there will be an evaluation to keep it, further reduce it, or decide to wind it down. As always, subject to change. Non hub to hub CLE routes are: (Express): BOS, DCA, LGA, and summer seasonal CHS. Mainline non-hub routes are: MCO, CUN, seasonal FLL and RSW (SJU may return this fall). Other than that, we serve all hubs.

Never understood why there are arrivals to cle. I can see departures, as people want to get out of there, but don't know why anyone would want to actually go there.

Yeah it’s kinda like EWR.

What's your desire to see CLE close? You're not happy until others aren't happy?

No desire at all. Just curious why they staff a crew base with only a handful of departures. Good people in CLE and I wish them the best, but when the company is streamlining and trying to be more efficient, keeping CLE as a base seems odd. I was just wondering if there was some type on long term contractual or other requirement in keeping a crew base in a city with very little traffic. Without that, it doesn’t make much business sense.