Originally Posted by
sailingfun
All these numbers being posted must be horribly flawed. We suffered massive job loss with the new contract so the numbers can't be right. Thousands of jobs were lost. Just read the forum!
You need to read the forum, nobody ever said such a thing. What they were saying is we're decreasing how many pilots we would need. What we were told was that was wrong, we'd start hiring in... 2012.
Originally Posted by
slowplay
Yeah, kinda makes a mockery of a FtB "analysis." I'm sure Check Essential and LTD will be joining in quickly.
Oh, and for another walk down memory lane....
Memory lane... November 2010...
Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
The rumors from within Delta and from within the SWA pilot group is 717s to DAL. I get messages about it all of the time via the SWA threads. The SWA guys are hearing it on their end from their management folks and we're hearing it from ours. Hence, the rumor. Now, what is not a rumor that we have presented to the board a MD88/90 cockpit retrofit. What is a strong rumor is that it will allow a single category with the current fleet and the Saudi MD90s and AirTran 717s with the advanced cockpits.
The only thing is I was told specifically that the board wants every MD90 built and they want 717s. I just cannot for the life of me remember if it was "every" 717 or just 717s. However, it is our management pilots talking about AAI 717s.