More large RJs, you can't make this stuff up.
Latest info from "Top Men" in negotiating department...
All of this is somewhat fluid info and quite frankly gets watered down when passed from person to person in the chain... But as we are all looking for info ... here ya go:
-- Supposedly the AF grievance will remain separate from C2015
-- There is a want from management to bring 90-100 seat RJ to mainline ... (which is a good thing.. maybe even give bigger pay bump to mainline RJ pilots to get more pilots to bid the seat) ... We would have to give additional 76seat RJs to DCIs (bad thing) ... Don't know exact numbers of aircraft hulls in the the horse trade ... Management wants to park more 50 seaters and have DCI fly more 76seaters. They need us to help fix DCI debacle/shortage.
-- Important thing to remember ... Is this EMB 100seater a growth aircraft? Or replacement for the Md88/319? ... At a lower pay rate? ... I'm not willing to do anymore outsourcing to DCIs and I'm not in favor of a replacement aircraft at a lower rate ... Think 737s replacing higher paying 757s ... Or 350s replacing 747s ... or 717 replacing 319/320/md88.
--Plans for new sim to be built for Training Dept in ATL for EMB 100seater for mainline.
--The devil in the details will be to pay attention to areas of TA which allow staffing reductions to help alleviate training issues going forward ... Big push to reduce overall head count needs. (not sure of all the details there). Company is in a bind going forward .. Huge leverage for us.
--Pay numbers I posted yesterday may not include the trade for PS ... Numbers may go higher once PS trade is added to equation ... not sure what that trade would equate to yet ... Idea is to throw money our way and make up for it in staffing reductions.
--At this point we could expect a TA as soon as next week ... Then a week for DALPA to determine how to "sell/spin" it to us with it released to us minions by end of month ... maybe before Memorial weekend ... Same timeline as C2012.
--Sorry Ripper, Looks like BOBsan was in the know on TA timing and you will owe him a dinner/Hotel stay.
Thats all I can remember from conversation for now ... Can't guarantee accuracy 100% ... but it's in the ballpark.
As always ... Don't shoot messenger ... Mo info, Mo betta!