Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I hope so. I called and asked a few weeks ago. That is the response I got. If they have found a way to up it, that is better. Any flush after the work rule changes would probably not go over well. (except for me which has expected it for a long time)
As I was told, you could see upwards of 3-400 if it was evenly distributed thoughout all fleets.
80 744A's apparently the number that they are working with today, which is better than a month ago.
I don't expect any flush whatsoever from the work rule changes, which for the most part don't begin until next summer. The ALV/TLV change is mostly offset by other enhancements in the contract. Then you have to calculate the training inefficiencies as Delta brings more MD90 on board as well as 737-900ERs and 717s. I expect, as the mainline grows, due to increased flying for mainline pilots within the Delta brand, that we'll see more upward mobility for the bottom half of the list, particularly if the slack is taken out of the system through this early out program.