Originally Posted by
Dave Fitzgerald
Sorry, I don't quite follow...aren't the IAH displacements just, for the most part, going to bump into another category at IAH? Anyone else bumping has to do so, but can only bump into a category where there is someone junior to them.
I'm not sure how that might affect juniority of SFO. Sorry, but I'm a little slow today.
Sure most will try to bump into IAH and probably Sparkie since alot can't even hold the 777 in IAH. However, I'm sure LAX 787 will go senior amongst the displaced guys as well. I bet a good number of bumped Sparkie guys in IAH will try to stay on the equipment even if it means commuting. The West Coast 787 already has a ton of IAH commuters and when you thrown in 6 months of PS travel, I think a significant number will not go to another IAH BES.
So then you will have some guys in LA who will be looking for a new base. Thus 787 SFO sucks up the excess bumps and the bottom guys there get booted off the fleet all together. Yes the fleet will grow this year, but I doubt enough to cover this snapshot. This assumes they actually do the 200 reduction that they are muttering about. Just the reality I see coming.