Originally Posted by
PilotJ3
But, if you want to do it, be aware that 25 of the 26 guys hired Monday are going to the E175, they will be Sr for some time there. Once the last E-175 line holder gets into property, the guys on RSV will be there for long time. Also, nobody knows if there will be a Displacement Bid on the future and other FOs bump the guys in the 175 out of their seats. With the talks of opening a MIA base, they will need to move pilots around the system.
That could send those new E-175 FOs to the E145/CRJ ORD, and add their names to the commuter list.
I know what you are getting at, but I don't think anyone would be at risk to get bumped out of DFW 175 at this point yet. Maybe down the road. We aren't even staffed for 1/3d of our E-175s yet, I don't have the exact FO numbers in front of me but I don't think we even have more than 80-90 FO's sent to it yet including new hires since some people just bid out of it, and 16 guys are leaving it for upgrade starting next month, then more will be leaving off the next vacancy. We need at least 200 FO's to minimum staff 40 of them. But you are right, if people wait too long to get hired, DFW 175 may be tougher to get or hold on too.
"IF" we get a MIA base and the next 20 go there (big "IF"), a bunch of the guys on the 175 I know actually live that way or still live in FL, since many of the 175 pilots are recently displaced out of NY and MIA, that is how they got into it in the first place. So they would just bid MIA voluntarily anyway, letting the people who wanted to stay in DFW stay.