Thread: Virtual Bases?

Quote: Originally Posted by Scoop The company and the union have been going around and around about a San Diego satellite 767/757 base for a couple of years. I believe the company actually accepted a proposal that was drafted by a LAX FO and then the Union leadership had second thoughts. The sticking point was reserve coverage. It does present a problem, but it is not insurmountable - as a matter of fact AMR does it in San Diego. Scoop...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sink r8 Why couldn't you maintain reserves at a satellite base too? You keep the % reserves as a constant. Unless you get to a very small number of departures, where you get into rounding problems (i.e. one resreve is too little, two is two many), I don't see a problem. For every few guys that want to fly out of of (for example) BDL, there is one or more guy that wouldn't mind sitting reserve there....

Quote: Originally Posted by Sink r8 Maybe you end up with a few more bases large enough where there is enough mix for this not to matter, i.e. BOS, and then maybe some smaller satellite bases. Maybe you structure it so that you're (for example) NYC based, but BDL gets to be a satellite. You design a process so that guys can bid BDL on a monthly basis, a little bit like the NW bidding process (I think they call their monthly...

The company and the union have been going around and around about a San Diego satellite 767/757 base for a couple of years. I believe the company actually accepted a proposal that was drafted by a LAX FO and then the Union leadership had second thoughts. The sticking point was reserve coverage. It does present a problem, but it is not insurmountable - as a matter of fact AMR does it in San Diego. Scoop

Quote: Originally Posted by Denny Crane [/b] Not that I'm senior in category but I for one would definately sit reserve if it ment sitting it at home as opposed to commuting to a regular line!!! Denny +1. Imagine sitting home on LC and SC.... Awesome, I would bid it for life.. Either TPA or MCO will do...