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More United 747's coming to SFO - TravelSkills
"...the 747 operation focused on SFO where maintenance is will help improve reliability...The bad news is coach still sucks."
Article from Dec 2012
"...the 747 operation focused on SFO where maintenance is will help improve reliability...The bad news is coach still sucks."
Article from Dec 2012
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United Airlines to make San Francisco its Boeing 747 hub
Second article discussing SFO to try and improve the 747 reliability. Dec 2012 as well. "...a move that the carrier hopes will streamline maintenance and improve the reliability of its fleet."
Second article discussing SFO to try and improve the 747 reliability. Dec 2012 as well. "...a move that the carrier hopes will streamline maintenance and improve the reliability of its fleet."
#13
Looks a good chunk of the 320 new hires will be escaping the EWR hell and getting into IAH. Congrats!
So to anybody who will be starting class soon it looks like the quickest/only way out of EWR right now is on the 320 to IAH
So to anybody who will be starting class soon it looks like the quickest/only way out of EWR right now is on the 320 to IAH
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Funny to see how junior A320 Capt is going in all bases. Especially, in the IAH base! Not many LCAL guys are running to the Capt seat or A320 and off the B737 like all the prognosticators were predicting just a few months back!! Seems like the 2 pilots groups a VERY similar no matter what anyone says!! Glad to see NEW people getting into new status and people able to move to a base of their choice!!
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Funny to see how junior A320 Capt is going in all bases. Especially, in the IAH base! Not many LCAL guys are running to the Capt seat or A320 and off the B737 like all the prognosticators were predicting just a few months back!! Seems like the 2 pilots groups a VERY similar no matter what anyone says!! Glad to see NEW people getting into new status and people able to move to a base of their choice!!
I also noticed a number of Captains who bid into 787 FO. Probably for the better schedules and relative seniority.
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I have a question for someone that has done this dog & pony show before. (Displacement/Vacancy bid) After, now being through both it looks like they do a displacement to get guys to commit where they want to go. Then they look it over and come up with a vacancy bid. But, in my case IAH 737 looking at the vacancy bid letter the Max was 590ish and the min was 540ish. So that means they probably won't displace those bottom 50 or so they'll just let them stay or go to a different position? Letting the base decrease by natural attrition. Am I understanding this correctly?
#18
Once again, it seems the west coast is largely left out of the bidding process....I have to hope there is a master plan somewhere in the works. Guys keep retiring off the 400 and 777 with no backfills to CA.
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I think it's coming in the next bid! But don't rely on me, this is really confusing and I try to read everything!!
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