Originally Posted by
Timbo
That is pretty amazing, I remember the (Delta) world being shocked when about 20 of us B Scale guys got MD88 and DC9 Captain bids...
at ONLY 6 YEARS!
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But that was in 1991, and it only lasted about a year, then Delta decided to sell all the DC9's (those planes ended up at Value Jet) and all us 6 year Captains were displaced back to F/O, for another 8 years in my case, as the 737-200 fleet was next to leave mainline, for Express, at only $100/hr for Captain. ER F/O was $120/hr. for my years of service at the time (11).
I think when Express first started in 1996, the bottom 3 Captains were just recalled off furlough and had never even flown copilot at Delta, they were engineers when furloughed in 1993.
Exactly what I was trying to convey.
UAL had movement like this in the mid 90s. But, they also had pilots signing letters that they wouldnt seek upgrade.
This is extraordiary movement. I am happy for the pilots getting the bids. Its happening at fedex too. Good times.