Future of CLE 737 pilot base
07-29-2021 | 06:47 AM
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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.
07-31-2021 | 10:30 AM
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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.
07-31-2021 | 02:57 PM
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Your guess is as good as mine. If you want to keep an eye on things for your own entertainment, this fleet website might be a good place to look. https://sites.google.com/site/united...fleet-tracking
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.
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.
07-31-2021 | 04:32 PM
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12-10-2021 | 04:14 PM
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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.
12-11-2021 | 03:59 AM
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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.
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.
12-11-2021 | 05:37 AM
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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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