Originally Posted by
GoCats67
Unfortunately, the first step in more will be the LAX 777 displacement/closing. I think they get their desired result from the vacancy bid though, since now every LAX 777 FO can hold LAX 787 FO. All the 777 Captains could already hold it, so anybody that wants to stay in LAX and just go to the 787 can just change over with a fabulous fun filled 12 day training class.
LAX 777 is less than 40 pilots; barely a speed bump in training. About a month of retirements?
On the bright side, there are enough unfilled vacancies to 'fund' approximately 4 newhire classes; I'm hoping that they'll announce 2 additional classes which start before the end of July.