Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
Plus remember the planes from ORD are going to IAD Sept. 20th.
There's too much going on now to make any valid predictions ya'll:
1) People constantly upgrading, cleaning out the FO ranks with the exception of PHX/CLT lifers
2) LAX & DFW opening, ORD & CLT closing, 20 planes moving ORD->IAD
3) IAH EJet base consistently expanding with possibility of EJets in ORD
4) We're somehow still filling classes and upgrading like crazy, but if attrition picks up in the CA ranks, they might go so deep on the seniority list they start hitting the guys with <1000 hours 121 time.
If we start having street upgrades in IAD this Fall, new hires there will be in the strange position of losing relative seniority in base b/c the guys below them are leaving.
All I'm saying is this whole picture is too blurry to predict anything for anyone, and you should have low expectations and eyes wide open in this industry, especially going into 2015.
Well said, it's too early to tell how these base closures are going to effect seniority at the bases that are open. Who will leave? Commute east or west? Just way to early to tell.