Originally Posted by sailingfun

The net gain with this bid is about 275 Captains jobs since the contract was signed. I don't quite understand why the increase since we have not been taking aircraft other then 90's and those I think have been offset with DC9 retirements. According to the fleet plan we don't start really adding airframes until Nov of this year. Part of it might be front loading some seats in anticipation of the training load.
I believe the fleet plan for the next year is to park 11 757's according to the crew planning memo just put out. I think in the same time frame we will add 14 to 16 737's. Not sure how many nines are left. I think its around 17 flying.
If you look at the fleet in Jun of next year here is what I see from reading the company reports and memo's. These are not exact numbers but should be close.
Gains
717-21 airframes
737-14
MD-90-12
Total 57 airframes
Losses
757-11
DC-9 17
Total 28

net gain next 12 months 29 airframes