Originally Posted by
sailingfun
You clearly have not followed the ongoing growth in NYC. Your post is out of date and not correct. The initial round which consisted mostly of replacing small USAIR turboprops was heavily weighted to RJ's. No surprise there. Phase two however was almost all mainline and since then many routes from phase one have upgraded to mainline flights. Its expected when the 717 comes online there will be additional upgrades. Overall we added a substantial number of mainline block hours. Block hours equal jobs. More block hours equals more jobs and advancement which means higher pay.
My career is essentially set in stone now. Delta will get me to retirement so I really have no big stake in future expansion. I doubt however you can say the same. You might want to think a bit about your future.
Sailing,
In general your post is correct with the exception highlighted in red. It was a huge "surprise" to 90% of the Pilot group.
Yes, mainline is slowly replacing the RJs and growing at LGA - this is great news. But do you honestly think most of us were not surprised with the 90% initial RJ rollout after our lobbying efforts?
And while I agree that we should all do our share and help out when able, this is the result of the perceived "bait and switch" on the initial LGA swap - many Pilots are now distrustful and a few will not participate in these programs any more.
In hindsight perhaps the company should have been a little more forthright about the initial RJ rollout. They have been pretty good about explaining it after the fact, but many feel we were initially mislead.
Scoop