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Old 12-31-2021, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by e6bpilot
Guessing SFB.

MCO is perennially senior. Once the new hires really start flowing in, there will be a junior cohort that starts working it's way in to MCO. Last big new hire wave, we eventually had guys hold it in their first month.

Upgrade is always and forever going to be long in Orlando. There will always be older captains moving to that area as long as taxes are low and the weather is nice. There just isn't much movement off the top and so it gets really stagnant, especially on the captain side.
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Old 01-01-2022, 11:40 AM
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Curious how long it will take to get based at BWI airport?
I saw some information in this thread 246 FO's from junior and someone else said 4-6 months. I know it's hard to predict, but does anyone have an idea/opinion?
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Old 01-01-2022, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by veggieburrito
Curious how long it will take to get based at BWI airport?
I saw some information in this thread 246 FO's from junior and someone else said 4-6 months. I know it's hard to predict, but does anyone have an idea/opinion?

Right now? 6 months.

6 months from now? Right out of the gate.
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Old 01-02-2022, 04:33 PM
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Right now? 6 months.

6 months from now? Right out of the gate.

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Caveat that's my best guess based on past experience and where the system is now with displacements.

Growth will be out west for the foreseeable future. Denver particularly.
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Caveat that's my best guess based on past experience and where the system is now with displacements.

Growth will be out west for the foreseeable future. Denver particularly.
DEN is gonna grow by 500 pilots…minimum. (250/seat).
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DEN is gonna grow by 500 pilots…minimum. (250/seat).
I keep seeing this, and DEN is attractive to me as a newbie/BNA commuter. Is there a particular reason as to why there will be so much growth there? I’d assume it’s probably tied to the max and being able to reach Hawaii from there?
I get that it’s probably speculation, but any insight is appreciated as I start researching commute options
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The problem with big DEN growth is that the giant sucking sound you're hearing will be LAX and OAK emptying out.... leaving vacancies for the junior in both seats in... you guessed it. OAK and LAX.

Space positive commuting would be a game changer but blah blah squeeze the balloon whatever.
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Originally Posted by ChopNDrop
I keep seeing this, and DEN is attractive to me as a newbie/BNA commuter. Is there a particular reason as to why there will be so much growth there? I’d assume it’s probably tied to the max and being able to reach Hawaii from there?
I get that it’s probably speculation, but any insight is appreciated as I start researching commute options
Airport expansion is almost complete. Added 16 gates to our terminal and they’re all going to be ours (basically doubling our daily departures).

Denver weather is great….housing prices suck for those wanting to move in though. From DEN, every base except ATL, MCO and BWI are 2-2.5 hrs away and it’s a popular tourist destination year round (if you like being outdoors).
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Originally Posted by ChopNDrop
I keep seeing this, and DEN is attractive to me as a newbie/BNA commuter. Is there a particular reason as to why there will be so much growth there? I’d assume it’s probably tied to the max and being able to reach Hawaii from there?
I get that it’s probably speculation, but any insight is appreciated as I start researching commute options
Space, and our markets are primarily focused on the mountain west and west coast right now. DEN is a big airport with lots of room to grow, and we just picked up a bunch of gates that are going to finish sometime this spring. I think we've got something like 15 or so coming on in the next few months, if, and this is a big if, Denver ground ops can staff the ramp and ops agents to push planes off them.

Places like LAX/OAK/MDW/HOU/DAL are tapped out on space or gates or both. Those DEN gates will have departures, and to fly the planes on those departures will require bodies in DEN.

BNA-DEN has good coverage on SWA ,UAL, and F9.
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