Originally Posted by
Veruka Salt
The only US carrier with a major presence in the Sth Pacific is United. So, using them as an example.
1. Why would they establish a base in an outport? If they did, it would have to be crewed from the seniority list, leading to:
2. Of the Aussies currently flying for UAL, all of us can hold SFO 777 FO, some can hold SFO 787 FO, I’m not aware of any having the seniority for 777/787 PIC (multiple decades). So how would they crew it?
Makes absolutely no sense, which is why the OP is full of it.
I’m not on the inside as you appear to be, but I agree that it makes no sense and surely can’t be true. Why would UA bother?