Had ground school and got a how goes it from the chief pilot here in ANC.

Very good info on how the company's doing, a few good analogies on the health of the company and a statement of no f-ing on PC's watch. Not sure why he dropped the F bomb in the letter, but he was pretty clear that was PC's intention.


I specifically asked about the over 60 individuals who had the misfortune of becoming disabled just prior to their 60th birthday, the example used was say... a shoulder injury. I asked about the miraculous progress some would be making after the rule change. Will they be returning to the front seat directly?

His answer was an emphatic "NO". "PC has stated that the only way to the window was through the panel, no exceptions." They will complete S/O training, then if they can hold it with their seniority they can bid to the window, but if they did not make it through S/O training "they would be retiring"

Pretty clear, and he mentioned JL by name as being affected by this ruling. He didn't elaborate on the who can fly together and who was a required crew member etc, over all a prety good presentation.

So that's the intel from the front office from yesterday.

blast away guys...