Originally Posted by
DrAlex
I fail to see the point here as AS has flights to DTW and PIT that are very close to BUF as well... Or should we pick Rapid City instead? Maybe Omaha?
The point is that Helena and Bozeman are very close so if they had to divert they could get to Bozeman within minutes and could divert there and have staff which know their computer systems and could help passengers with flights going both East and West. Any way you slice it B6 is better off having crew bases on both coasts. AS is choosing to save money and are hoping for the best. Thankfully the best happens more often than not but to think that random crews from Boston are going to fly in and fix any AS problem has in the midwest as mentioned in the diversion thread is just ridiculous.