Originally Posted by
Cubdrick
The way I read it was that this upcoming AE is only one of [potentially] several AEs and they are not attempting to replace all RMAs in one swoop due to training issues and early-out withdrawals. (That would be a swift kick to have your award reversed before you even got to training.)
Hopefully the next few AEs prove to be an overall net positive and reverse the trend.
Well when we see the final early out numbers, I suggest everyone make a copy of the list, ie. how many, and from which categories, and hold on to that for a year, so you can compare how many left, to how many are replaced in each A/E.
I thought this A/E was good for 270 days or nearly that? If that is the case, why couldn't they backfill almost all the early outs now, and train and convert when needed, since it's such a long period, it should cover next summer's flying, right?
251 outs, only being replaced by 86 openings? That don't sound right. Just keep a copy of the final early out numbers and we'll see what the next A/E has...but I'm not holding my breath waiting for all 251 (or 225 if 10% pull out) A/E's to replace them all. I would like to see that, but I doubt we will.
There are some 737-900 positions in there, and they aren't coming until next year, right?