Originally Posted by
Blue Dude
It's about a 4% cut for A320 captains, or about 3 hrs of flying per month above min guarantee to make up the difference if you want to look at it that way. Depending on base and schedule, you may find some A320 captains make the jump for QOL reasons. I'd consider it. Initially I'd expect it to go mostly to current E190 pilots from the same base.
You make some good points. It’s still another 3 extra hours per month you’ll need to add to make up the difference, for unknown QOL until the bid results are released, and by then it’s too late. There’s also the uncertainty of Covid and how that’ll affect training. Having been one of the guys that had their transition training canceled in the middle of OE, I can tell you that was not fun. I also agree that the E190 pilots will probably go for it first.