Originally Posted by
donpizmeov2
Why MCO looks different?
Several reasons.
It's a very senior base these days, which wasn't always the case.
There is very little upward movement on the Capt side, because for every retirement, another pilot bids in pre positioning to retire.
We also have a very large number of early to mid 2000's hires move to MCO as FOs, and get stuck in the right seat for a decade plus. These folks can now hold Capt lines in other bases like HOU.
Naturally, they try to give away as much HOU/BWI etc. flying as possible, and pick up out of MCO, which seriously dilutes the open time system to the point where
every month is like February.
Add in the serious over hiring and the silent Max issue, and you end up with net zero of 63 on June 11th.
I swapped a 3 day for reserve last week. The only trip I was assigned was a 2 day, which I immediately put in TTGA, and it was gone in under 5 minutes.
As of right now, there are 10 total trips in MCO Capt ELITT, 3 of which are PM.
I could clear my board with TTGA right now, but can't afford it.