PDX cabin crew base
Feb 7, 2016, 2:05 pm
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Feb 7, 2016, 2:14 pm
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There is also a small base at MIA. I sat next a a deadheaded FA on an LGA-MIA flight last year. She had first worked for Eastern Airlines at MIA, switching to Delta when Eastern folded.
Feb 7, 2016, 2:17 pm
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Feb 7, 2016, 2:20 pm
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Not 100% sure what you mean by a satellite base. But I have met FAs from PDX, SAN and TPA and according to them they were legit, albeit small, bases. You have to bid to be based there. No different than a larger base.
By satellite base do you mean that the "base management" is in a different city? That may be the case, but I don't think it matters to the FAs, who all start and end their trips in PDX/SAN/TPA.
ORD, PIT and PHL I believe have seasonal, special bases to support winter CDGORD and summer seasonal PIT/PHL-CDG. But those bases are different than the PDX, SAN, TPA bases. PDX, SAN and TPA are permanent, year-round bases.
By satellite base do you mean that the "base management" is in a different city? That may be the case, but I don't think it matters to the FAs, who all start and end their trips in PDX/SAN/TPA.
ORD, PIT and PHL I believe have seasonal, special bases to support winter CDGORD and summer seasonal PIT/PHL-CDG. But those bases are different than the PDX, SAN, TPA bases. PDX, SAN and TPA are permanent, year-round bases.
Feb 7, 2016, 4:16 pm
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Satellite base is DL's official term that refers to small bases that are actually managed as part of a nearby larger base. Because these aren't true bases, it places more responsibility on the FA's based there to manage finding replacements and dealing with other issues as they come up, and I believe FA's that want to be based at one of these have to apply and must meet certain requirements.
Feb 7, 2016, 4:47 pm
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Feb 7, 2016, 8:02 pm
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Feb 7, 2016, 8:07 pm
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Not 100% sure what you mean by a satellite base. But I have met FAs from PDX, SAN and TPA and according to them they were legit, albeit small, bases. You have to bid to be based there. No different than a larger base.
By satellite base do you mean that the "base management" is in a different city? That may be the case, but I don't think it matters to the FAs, who all start and end their trips in PDX/SAN/TPA.
ORD, PIT and PHL I believe have seasonal, special bases to support winter CDGORD and summer seasonal PIT/PHL-CDG. But those bases are different than the PDX, SAN, TPA bases. PDX, SAN and TPA are permanent, year-round bases.
By satellite base do you mean that the "base management" is in a different city? That may be the case, but I don't think it matters to the FAs, who all start and end their trips in PDX/SAN/TPA.
ORD, PIT and PHL I believe have seasonal, special bases to support winter CDGORD and summer seasonal PIT/PHL-CDG. But those bases are different than the PDX, SAN, TPA bases. PDX, SAN and TPA are permanent, year-round bases.
Feb 8, 2016, 7:39 pm
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Not sure about PIT, but in the summer, DL opens a temporary satellite base in PHL to handle the PHL-CDG flight. I believe anyone can apply for it, but there are already enough FA's in the PHL area that it basically just saves some from having to commute for the summer. They are used exclusively for the PHL-CDG turns. I've taken the flight before and the purser even announced "On behalf of your Philadelphia based flight crew.
Jan 6, 2018, 8:39 pm
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PDX trips
I’m considering xfr to PDX as one of my colleague xfr about 2 yrs ago. Delta PDX flys NRT, AMS and JFK only as of Feb 2018.