Originally Posted by
Roadkill
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They did say on previous Crew Resources newsletters that the 7ER needed an increase for summer 14 flying only, and that it's needs would decrease again after the summer... and it's still being retired. In fact, there is a very great risk of being displaced off the ER FO position next fall. Please recall that displacements off the ER this past fall, WHILE we were hiring, caused massive trauma to junior FOs.
I don't think so - if you look at the conversion list for the Jan AE, many of the 7ER FOs that require training are training in Jul to convert in Aug. So they train in Jul, then do OE and TOE in Aug and Sept - to only get displaced? Even crew resources wouldn't do that.
I think it's more likely that either not as many 757s are going, or they are going slower combined with the possibility of upgrades to the 717 coming from the 7ER right seat.
And then to post all these vacancies today to the 7ER again - for a likely Sept or Oct conversion window? Just doesn't make sense that they would get displaced "in the fall".