Originally Posted by
Timbo
I must have missed it, can you show me the A/E's where there were 56 openings for 747/777 Capts? I haven't seen one in a couple years. I do recall the displacements off the 747's when they were adding the lie flat seats, did they ever reinstate those guys? It's not 'new' positions if it's simply reinstatement.
Cross-reference the 747A lists from a year ago to now. You'll see that at least 5 used "bump in" rights when returning from STD/LTD, in situations where a pilot junior to them had been awarded the position. They had not been in the category before.
A few others were STD/LTD pilots that returned to 747A having perviously held it.