Been hearing DEN to be next SWA crew base?

[carl p]

FWIW I heard 717 TPA and 737 LAX. I really love commuting to the West Coast.

Dude,

If I could get off the 717, I'd Daffy Duck back to the west coast so others wouldn't have to.

 

[carl p]

Carl.... San Diego would be a go!...... Your testicle.....not so much.

Wes, my wife would have to agree to let me have them back anyway...

 

[GuppyWN]

Would LAX be more popular than OAK or just as unpopular? I hope they put the base in a place where people want to live instead of where they don't. It seems that Denver would be pretty popular......what would be wrong with that? If you put a base in a popular place that will go senior it will free up vacancies in all the other bases so more people can get what they want. In any case, the more choices the better I think, it would be nice if there were 20 bases to spread out the seniority and minimize commuting to the extent possible. A few mini-bases would be an interesting experiment.

OAK is very popular. Just not if you're brand new.

BWI is the most junior base for skippers.

Gup

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

I would suppose a big part of the equation is O&D traffic for any new SWA base. The current basses are heavy O&D cities. Think big population centers.

MCO and LAS doesn't have "big population center's" BUT they have huge O and D traffic!

KBB

 

[Fubijaakr]

You won't like Kalispell in the winter. Nice place to live but a BIATCH to commute to.

 

[Whaler]

I heard the new 717 base is ASE. 73 is DEN. You heard it here first.

 

[FMEpilot]

Don't worry General... I've go you. How about LBB?

 

[piepieandbuddy]

Rumors still pretty strong that the new base will be Denver not Los Angeles.

 

[flypmp]

Still hearing LAX base

 

[Benjamin Dover]

BWI is the most junior base for skippers.

Gup

Don't forget us three stripers Gup

BWI is pretty senior from right seat view