Originally Posted by
flyallnite
The whole "no hiring" thing from the CR newsletter sure sounds like they've accidentally broken the code on a coming merger. Can't imagine why we'd delay hiring pilots with the retirements coming up, and staff with inefficient and costly displacements, followed by reinstatements, "We've received clarity" is more like "shut up and do what we tell you" from marketing. And despite all this, our capacity is flat, our routes are unchanged, hubs the same, it's not like there's a whole lot of crazy going on at Delta Air Lines. Make ready the boarding party!
What retirements? Have you looked at a crystal ball? I'm showing less than 300 retirements between now and 2015. That is nothing especially if our furloughs and military leave pilots return. I'll stand by my statement that we will be lucky if there is any hiring in 2015. I have never thought there would be hiring before then. Realistically we are looking at 2016 to 2017.
We increased large rj scope in the last contract. I don't care what ALPA says. Everything else was smoke and mirrors and weak justifications. I still can't accept the fact that we are still giving up large rj scope.