Originally Posted by
jsled
I believe there will be more bumps in DEN, but very few DEN 737/BUS Captains will bump into DEN FO (my opinion). They will bump to Captain elsewhere. This will mean that very few, IF ANY, DEN FOs will be bumped at all. So you have what....40ish FOs that recently became Captains thru displacement, plus 240 new Captain vacancies....minus however many IAH Captains bump to FO (majority will bump to Captain elsewhere). Still positive math. Captain growth. And look how junior the Captain bids went on the snapshot.....holy sheet! It's like 2000 all over again....only this time I hope it doesn't end in 2172 furloughs.
JMO,
Sled
I can't disagree more. I would bet close to 100% of displaced DEN Capts will bump to DEN FO's. The voluntaries have already bumped to something else. Every lUAL pilot currently based in DEN gave up money/seniority to drive to work. I doubt many will change their election.
Zero planned NB increase, but probably an increase in NB captains until they bump them out of place.