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Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca.

Today I want to talk about what it's like when your base closes, which has been on my mind

recently. Why? Because Spirit closed their Atlantic City base this year. JetBlue, they closed their

Miami base. Southwest, they've reduced their gates at Atlanta, reduced the amount of pilots that

work there. There has been a lot of churn this year in the base world and a lot of people

have had their lives disrupted because of it. And I think it's important to start thinking

about it, especially if you are going

into the world of professional aviation, because this is something that certainly could happen.

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