Originally Posted by
Rogue24
Anyone else hearing this??
The rumor is that DAL/DALPA/DCI are in talks with each other to bring the RJ-700/E-170 and above to mainline. Pilots would come with where the DCI pilots are given system seniority numbers on the bottom of our list and retain their current seat seniority for bidding purposes.
Seems to have some legs. It makes sense if they want the 190/RJ1000 and want the training efficiencies.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Funny you should mention this. I was just talking about this rumor with a few ASA friends. Apparently they feel it has legs.
The savings are in the debt financing not the pilots costs. Their contracts all have trip and duty rigs these days. The training efficiencies would be huge as well.
This would be awesome, but how would it work for say a guy at ASA who holds the -700 but stays on the -200 for QOL? Do they get an option to stay? With ASA/ExpressJet merging they have a ton of 50 seaters we won't want.