Originally Posted by
Brambleshire
Fascinating. Why is the 220 different from the rest like that? Is it full of people that wanna stay put instead of upgrading or going WB? People that never wanna go to JFK? Whats going on there? I assumed it would be the fastest moving seat in NYC!
No, it’s just that for whatever reason, that fleet has ended up significantly over-staffed, especially when compared to the 737 and 320 categories (the 717 falls in the middle). How long that will last is anyones guess. This last class drop didn’t even include any 220 positions. One factor for the slowing of movement is that many of the pilots on the fleet are still stuck under their new hire seat lock and unable to change planes to “more desirable” bases (ATL, DTW, MSP, LAX) until after 1 year. Whereas a 737 or 320 pilot can bail to any base of their choosing on the first AE after indoc.