Originally Posted by
reelbigchair
3. min 11, average junior line holder can get 12 or 13, 14 if he's lucky. I can get 15 to 17 rather easily, I bid 20%.
Ha! Ha! I bid around “20%” in ATL, if I was in ORD I’d be “7%!” LOL! It’s just an interesting way to state your seniority.
Originally Posted by
reelbigchair
9. The process itself is easy...jet bases (I'm not familiar with seniority on the Bro, someone else will have to answer)
PSP, SBA, SMF are super senior
COS, TUS, DEN, SLC are generally attainable within a year as a FO
MKE, ORD are very junior, expect one of these out of training
SFO, LAX are reserve only... so only ABOUT 8 pilots total at each
ATL was fairly junior but it's shrinking so hard to know, probably in the same category as COS/DEN and so on
The future of ATL is still unclear but to date we have yet to grow or shrink in size. Yes, our total flying has decreased, E9, but we still have more flying than our 16 crew’s can staff with SLC based crews picking up the slack. Based upon our number of current departures in ATL we have enough flying for over 40 crews. (This info recently came from RG our chief pilot) At one point, in the height of last year, we had enough flying for almost 60 crews.
FWIW, my opinion, based upon our current flying and E9’s contracts I feel that ATL will be around for many more years but only at its current size.