Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
Btw DL is 70 hours guaranteed on reserve per month, not 65. If you are a line holder you can bid down to the minimum, but most lines hit the average line value, at least 72 hours or higher, unless you bid LOW.
So do you think the A330 will go senior? What type of trips would those planes do? Why would Ryan go for a totally new airplane type rather than stick with more 767s?
That was kind of my point, just looking at two simple numbers, the hourly rate and the guarantee, doesn't come close to telling the whole story.
As for the 330, it will go somewhat senior, at least on the Captain side, though we do have some people still on a 3 year seat lock following the loss of our 737's and their transition to the 767. On the copilot side, it's hard to say, but if I had to guess, I'd say it won't go nearly as senior, relatively, as is it will for Captains. This is all just a guess, we'll know on the 26th.
And, we are getting a new A/C type to comply with some recent changes to size requirements for DOD flying.