Originally Posted by
ScottyDo
I have a feeling that the lateral equipment switches would have a lot of CA's going over to the e jet side leaving a huge problem for the CRJ side. It's pretty bad now in DFW line holding CA's are getting jr assigned left and right. Anyone have any idea what other companies do in regards to this?
However on another thought if this would help secure more e jets and there would be a way to avoid staffing issues then I would be all for it.
I Don't think lateral bidding will ever happen. It costs too much money. Yearly, they might let 10 captains bid over for vacancy. But open lateral bidding will never happen. If Mesa continues causing cancellations on the E-Jet. We will lose this contract sooner than later. Flight Attendent crew cancellations have been prevalent the last two weeks. The huge displacements from CLT, PHX and IAD have caused a number of FA's to quit.