Originally Posted by
finis72
Carl,That is good news.Do you know if and when the conversion to the DL manning formula will take place and is this part of that or hopefully expansion for any reason ?
The flying bulletin states that these upgrades are for filling vacancies left by larger than expected retirements and the gradual shift to the Delta manning formula.
The conversion to the DAL manning formula won't happen until bid period 5. We've heard bid period 5 will probably be around the time of the Single Operating Certificate.
My guess is that most if not all of the upgrades are due to retirements. I say this because the 747-400 have had a number of new Captains added for the last 2 months, yet every flight is still manned with the 1 Captain and 3 F/O augmentation scheme.
Carl