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FL base jokes aside - if CLE can hang on as a regular base with an ORD CP, then there is potential for a couple of others along similar lines. When the 757s ride into the sunset the growth of the MAX fleet might tip the scales. BOS, MCO, and LAS all have more mainline departures than CLE. A BOS base with an EWR CP and a LAS base with LAX CP come to mind. Not sure if an IAD CP could cover MCO. Hadn’t thought about this in a long time… but the impact of all those new MAXes could actually make it worthwhile for the CO to open some new bases. We’ll see in a few years, I won’t hold my breath though.
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Originally Posted by CLazarus
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FL base jokes aside - if CLE can hang on as a regular base with an ORD CP, then there is potential for a couple of others along similar lines. When the 757s ride into the sunset the growth of the MAX fleet might tip the scales. BOS, MCO, and LAS all have more mainline departures than CLE. A BOS base with an EWR CP and a LAS base with LAX CP come to mind. Not sure if an IAD CP could cover MCO. Hadn’t thought about this in a long time… but the impact of all those new MAXes could actually make it worthwhile for the CO to open some new bases. We’ll see in a few years, I won’t hold my breath though.
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Originally Posted by Barney
(Post 3271659)
Do we know when the drop in 50 seaters begins?
One thing I think we’ll need is more mainline capable gates, and the only places I know we are getting more soon are DEN plus some in the new EWR Terminal 1. |
Outsider looking in. What's the most junior number in CLE CA for this most recent vacancy?
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Originally Posted by futurepilotjr
(Post 3271758)
Outsider looking in. What's the most junior number in CLE CA for this most recent vacancy?
Filler |
Wow. What’s the most junior CLE CA right now, before 22-02?
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Originally Posted by futurepilotjr
(Post 3271785)
Wow. What’s the most junior CLE CA right now, before 22-02?
I think this dude is a weird plant or really asks a lot of odd questions for someone who doesn’t work at United. His posts remind me of those HR e-mails that say “hey look, open this attachment.” |
Originally Posted by xms3200
(Post 3270179)
With the shifting of flying in the UA system and the re-thinking of the hub & spoke system to more leisure destinations, how secure is the CLE base for 737 pilots. I heard some time back that they are letting attrition close the base, and now with around 13 flights/day, is this base going to stay open.
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There are times where having a small pilot base is tactically important to the company.
Take, for example, the Azores flight that launches on the Max next summer. You think United is going to do ORCA training and qualification on the whole EWR base for just one oceanic trip? That trip will probably be flown by CLE pilots via a EWR layover and UA saves on training hundreds of pilots. A small base like CLE has value in that alone. |
Originally Posted by SeamusTheHound
(Post 3334152)
Take, for example, the Azores flight that launches on the Max next summer. You think United is going to do ORCA training and qualification on the whole EWR base for just one oceanic trip? That trip will probably be flown by CLE pilots via a EWR layover and UA saves on training hundreds of pilots. A small base like CLE has value in that alone. |
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