Originally Posted by tcco94

This was one comment about the ER that seemed most realistic and applicable. Just watched the last townhall with JL and interesting enough someone asked about the future plans of the ER. They go into talking about purchasing a 757 sim to help the training backlog and how limited 757 sims are availability wise around the world. Furthermore states we will continue to see positions opening up on the fleet in future AE's. JL steps in to add that if people are wondering what the long term future plan of the ER is, we have a "long term commitment to the 75/76 as that is why we are looking at purchasing 757 simulators".

So I am a little confused with everyone saying avoid the fleet like the plague as it's only going to be doomed with shrinking from here on out? Maybe it's me trying to justify why on earth I bid LAX7ER in the first place, but I'm lost. Certainly 321neo's will take out 757 to Hawaii, but like someone else said it's unlikely all of that takes over immediately (which was another thing addressed and answered in same townhall about 321neos).

I guess maybe you guys are talking about long term bidding perhaps and the fact the ER is never going to be what it once was. But so far it appears the airline doesn't have enough metal to fly the demand we want. I'm so low it doesn't really matter and thankfully my 2 year seat lock will be half done by the time I even get typed on the airplane because of this double train scenario. But here's to going into LAX7ER with more optimism than pessimism that I might get some decent flying out of it despite doing lots of redeyes. Which I would have probably done anyways unless I stay 220.

My hopes is that there's still a few years left of decent west coast flying on it to holdover the time it takes for the 330's to get delivered and just bid over to one of those, assuming our hiring numbers hold with that they say.