Originally Posted by
727_Driver
Where do you keep the spare? Keep it state side or keep it in London. At least if you got 4 you could keep one in each country.
London flying starts next year and there is no bid out for it yet either. The training department isn’t that fast at getting guys on the schedule.
=12pt
I’ve heard the idea tossed around of having some pilots TDY to LON for 5 day stretches to cover a spare a/c based there. Not sure how this would work per the CBA and would likely require a side letter.
Additionally the company is presenting the finalized ETOPS plan to the FAA next week, and will have a tabletop exercise early spring. If that goes well I could see a bid happening shortly after. I don’t think there is any immediate need for an ETOPS supp bid since training will be relatively minimal and service won’t start til back half of 2021.