Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
Agree with you except reinstatement right only last 180 days from your MD conversion date:
A pilot who holds an MD will, without regard to the standing bids of senior pilots, be reinstated to the category from which he was displaced if:
a. a vacancy is posted in such category and the earliest conversion date stated in the posting is within the 180 day period following the conversion date of his MD,
b. his standing bid indicates a request for such reinstatement, and
c. such vacancy has not been filled by reinstatement of a pilot senior to him who was also awarded an MD from such category.
I'm concerned about being displaced myself. I'm going to try and stay on equipment first and hope to be reinstated because of future aircraft deliveries.
I figure, in the long run (assuming I do get reinstated), it will be less time commuting than going to a full blown training course. If I do go back to school on the 767, that'll make 4 times.
Denny
I don't know if it's just me but, up until recently, I've always felt pretty academically sharp. I never thought twice about a new plane or studying. Recently, that's changed a little. Idk if I'm comfortable where I am or if I'm slipping. I simply don't have much schooling left in me. So, I fully understand staying on the jet.
Fortunately, the 777 is generally senior to the 744. So, they have to be cutting deep before they get to me. I'm hoping the A350-900 is up for bid before they close the 744.
Anyway, DAL says it doesn't have a market for the 777 but, by the numbers the A350-9 is a 777. What am I missing?
Thanks for the clarification on the reinstatement stuff.