Originally Posted by Seggy

Here is what is going on from what I am seeing. Others may have a different opinion.

In the first quarter conference call they made it quite clear that they want to reallocate the airplanes, which is a great they are doing it, but there will bidding patterns change because of it especially in DCA and EWR. They are going to move the LUAL 767-300s to more continental Europe destinations (higher paying/better destination trips), moving the LCAL 757-200s off those routes towards Ireland, the United Kingdom, domestic, and Latin America destinations. That, combined with the fact that they are actually getting serious about combining the 767-300 and 757-200 fleet means that the junior pilots are most likely going to see the domestic flying. This may also expose more junior reserves to the PS Flying out of JFK which is easy, but can be a pain to get to from the DC area.

You may get a UK trip here or there, but even those may be harder to hold with this reallocation as the more senior folks don't want to do domestic flying.

If you are awarded the 737 or 320 you have no seat lock if you want to bid the 756/76T. So, if you want to get into DCA, you may want to bid one of those airplanes in DCA, hang out a year, see how the flying settles, and then decide if you would rather be a reserve on the 757/76T in DCA or be a line holder on the 737 or 320.

Hope it explains it a little better!

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