Then it isn't. PHX is next

this game never gets old does it...

I hope you are correct, PHX was happening until COVID. I heard RSW as well from another crew member who'd heard it "from a good source" the other day and I was in disbelief. I can't imagine the chaos that one even near miss hurricane could rain down on an airline with four Florida bases. It wouldn't be D-0 anymore, it would be D-Day, as in how many days late we would be cleaning up a mess like that. It would make the December '16 meltdown look like a day at the beach. A good weather WESTERN base like PHX please, crossing fingers and toes...

Nope. And neither does complaining.

Allegiant has 5 Florida bases, and we have survived many hurricanes.

It seems F9 wants to set up a base in or near every one of our large bases. Things that make you go hmm. SFB/MCO. FLL/MIA. LAS/LAS. PIE/TPA. PGD/RSW. IWA/PHX.

Airlines often make bases at airports with a lot of passengers traffic.

Was thinking the same thing. Crazy that an airline marketed 95% to U.S. leisure travelers would desire to build a large presence in Florida and Arizona.

Thanks a fair point. F9's target aircraft utilization is much higher than G4's however, so recovery from upsets to the system isn't as hard for ya'll.

My take on it is that we were going to increase the flying in/out of Florida anyway because it's a large percentage of where our customers come and go from. The disruption due to severe WX events would happen anyway with the increased exposure regardless of where the crews are based and having additional crews based in FL would likely help mitigate disruption to a certain extent.

RDU is next. 33 destinations B.C. (Before Covid .. See what I did there 😁🤦🏻‍♂️). And now Apple announced a giant campus there..

PHX, RDU and ONT next. Possibly EWR for pilots.