Originally Posted by
PVpilot
I don't think the 74 will be back in LA, sucks but I don't see it. The LA777 also does Houston Hawaii flying as well. The addition of SDY is an overall plus for the 777. And this is one reason why future displacements/bumps will be limited at best. They can adjust or keep staffing by adjusting hub flying. The tsunami of displacements as some have predicted won't happen. We've already seen senior 76ca willing to taking 73ca vacancies, that could cause additional secondary vacancies in those positions. There's a long conga line of guys waiting to go to Houston for training. I see a slow steady transition from 76 to the 73, with little to no displacements. DEN might be a unique situation depending on what the company does. But the many retirements coming in the next few years will help smooth things out for sure.
You should stop posting like you know for sure what's going to happen when you can't possibly know that.
Right now LA 777 is doing LAX-HNL-IAH-HNL-LAX. The only reason we're doing the IAH turn is because CAL pilots can't fly UA metal. When they can fly UA metal, they'll almost certainly start flying that route again (like they did for years).
LA is also doing LAX-LHR-IAD-LHR-LAX. We never did the IAD turn before we lost PVG and NRT so there's no reason to act so certain that it's ours forever.
Even the LAX-HNL is brand new to us and is mainly seasonal and to eliminate the deadhead to cover the IAH-HNL flying according to our SSC guy. When the IAH-HNL flying goes back to IAH, the LAX-HNL thing might also go away.
What you don't seem to want to consider is the possibility that when it all shakes out, we might be left with ONLY LAX-SYD and LAX-LHR. In that case, there would be a sizable bump out of the LAX 777.
I don't know any more than you do but you should stop "telling" people what's going to happen when you can't possibly know what's going to happen. I doubt even the route planners know what's going to happen.
There are people dumb enough to make important decisions based on what they read from unverified sources on the internet so you should be careful what you say IMO.