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I'm not totally up on how to read these things but what is the reason DFW777 went so junior? Did they add more positions? I hear that is a pretty sweet gig even on reserve.
I was also really surprised the Airbus CA in NYC went so junior, I wonder if they added positions there as well?
DFW? That's a good question and a bit of a surprise. A net gain of over 60 guys? Will the bid status grow by 20% over it's current size? For what flying? To where? Taking 787 flying?
JFK 320? Looks like a net gain of approx. 30+.
They said they're upgrading 229 CA's in this bid. That's over a 1,000 a year if the rate remains the same. NYC would expect to need approx. 92 CA's to cover their fair share of the expected upgrade demand. But is NYC, as a junior base, more prone to feeding upgrades through the school house as they bid out to other bases as soon as they can hold the other base? So you'd expect to see a larger training bubble for CA's in NYC as they're positioned prior to other CA's bidding out? IDK but that would be my guess.
Here's the crazy part - our retirements will increase by over 50% in 2023-2025 compared to next year's mandatory retirements. The era of big, or really big, vacancy runs might have started with bigger one's ahead.