Originally Posted by
georgetg
22.D.3 Required Pilot Staffing Forecast:
March 2014 (vs. Current Bid)
10491 Pilots
4768 Captains
5723 FOs
May 2013
10510 Pilots (+19)
4789 Captains (+17)
5721 FOs (-02)
March 2013
10459 Pilots (-32)
4709 Captains (-59)
5750 FOs (+32)
October 2012
10604 Pilots (+113)
4847 Captains (+59)
5757 FOs (+34
November 2012
10596 Pilots (+105)
4852 Captains (+84)
5744 FOs (+21)
March 2012
10689 Pilots (+198)
4912 Captains (+144)
5777 FOs (+54)
BTW, statistically speaking hiring seems to be linked to DAL stock trading above $12/share....
Cheers
George
P.S.: PM sent to Shiz with past 22D3 reports
So basically down 2% in pilots, down 3% in Captains and 1% in First Officers. The fleet over that time period has gone from 714 jets to 722 back down to 717++!
So let me stretch here and try to come up with a win announcement on this... standby...
This AE is the first opportunity the pilots have to bid on the new Boeing 717s which are a key part to our continued growth and development in the Atlanta market.
Overall we are adding 355 Captains and 314 First Officers in this bid to help prepare us for the 88 new 717s, the 100 new Boeing 737-900s and the 65 newly acquired MD-90s.
The biggest winner in the new AE is of course Atlanta with 98 new Captains and 18 new First Officers being added. Detroit is also a big winner with 20 new Captain positions and 18 new First Officer positions in the 777/747! Our LAX and New York bases our also major winners as is Seattle with 5 more 7ER positions and SLC with 5 more 737 Captain positions. Our Minneapolis hub will also see an opportunity for 27 Captains and 50 First Officers, 5.5% of the total MSP pilot group, to experience our growth from one of our other major hubs. We also expect to be able to correct some misalignment in pilot staffing, most notably the number of pilots with less than 10 years of service who are flying wide-body airplanes. We expect to eliminate that completely in Atlanta and hopefully soon at our other bases.
We understand of course some pilots may be concerned about our new growth. That is happening too fast and that we will be unable to staff the airline properly leading to the proper use of reserve pilots and potentially increasing the number of financially crippling green slips. We assure you that we have a plan to handle this. First we will move pilots from airplanes they do not want to fly like the Airbus and Douglas aircraft to airplanes they do want to fly which are those made by Boeing, albeit in Long Beach. By accommodating the 3% and 4% of 320 and M88 pilots who would prefer to move to the Boeing 717, we believe that many of the concerns of keyboard warriors will be dispelled.
But if you continue to have concerns feel free to continue massive white slipping and of course feel free to contact your local representative or make a motion in person at the next MEC meeting, all of whom have nothing to do with the AE at this point.