Originally Posted by
Zoomie
I'm not trying to be combative here, but even if the manpower planning guy was a legacy United guy, CAL is getting 19 new 737-900ERs and 6 787s this year, so the staffing is going up on that side. (at worst case neutral, but most likely a net gain)
However the legacy United side isn't getting any new aircraft. They haven't announced how many aircraft they are sending to the boneyard yet for 2012. I imagine we'll probably see that data tomorrow during the earnings report.
I imagine we'll see some 737-500s and 767-200s on the CAL side get sold or parked this year, but overall some growth on the CAL side(We'll see how much. On the UAL side, we'll probably see 1 or 2 747s parked, to produce an overall decrease, albeit minor.
The rumor on the UAL side is between 15-20 757's parked. So far I believe 3 are gone (one in shiny brand-new paint). Of course, the company does that ever so quietly. Nice way for them to keep the JCBA stretched out without having to generate more training events. Just keep shrinking the UAL side at about the same rate of attrition and you don't have to recall anybody! Genius!