Originally Posted by
Valar Morghulis
You are correct about displacing 744 FO's however I doubt there is a whole lot of 744 OE training going on and LCA bidding. This is mostly a narrow body/7ER FO issue. Most 744 FO's could already hold Capt on something or have been previously. Yes, some will again decide to fly narrow body Capt and displace, but awards of senior narrow body FO's to Capt will not, which was Carl's assertion. Biggest drag of the 744 retirement will be many positions will be filled from above rather than below. Now add in the CVG base closure and we will have stagnation for the bottom half of the list for a while.....
38 Fo's have been awarded the 747 since the Jan AE. The fleet will be training FO's up to and including September. Displacements are expected in October. Some in the training pipeline will never see a CQ on the whale.