Originally Posted by
hummingbear
Trick is, if they open a FL base, for example, a lot of those CAs are going to be senior guys coming from EWR. So you draw down the EWR flying, but lose a lot of hub staffing in the process. At the end of the day, you still need people willing to sit reserve in EWR; so how well it addresses the problem remains to be seen.
I still say as the current hiring tsunami continues to hit their respective 1 year marks, there will be an increasing number willing to bear the pains of juniority for CA pay. Will be interesting to see how it all plays out, though.
Actually.. it's pretty smart as they can just adjust the G Line in EWR and all of a sudden, they still have pilots sitting reserve on the narrowbodies and the mid seniority pilots who are sitting FO all of a sudden take a Left Seat at a new base, or finally move over into the Left seat in EWR.
The goal of the company is to mitigate empty left seat bids. They can fill the right seat all day long with new hires!
If you look at last bid, you will see-
DCA 73 32 Unfilled
EWR A320 6 Unfilled
EWR 73 46 Unfilled
LAX 73 52 Unfilled
SFO 73 45 Unfilled
Yet no slots for those unfilled positions on this latest Vacancy Bid.
Couple of things are happening-
1) They are "pocketing them" for an upcoming Base/Equipment/Seat announce Bid
2) They are "concerned" that the 73Max 10 debacle will cause lower new aircraft arrival next year.
Guess we will hear a little more of it in the Earnings Report.. and when they make the announcement of the new BES's.
Always
Motch
PS) I'm betting MCO, BOS and LAS as the new BES's and they will have NO Problem filling those~ And not all at once either.