Well for the first time in what, two years? The company sees itself short of 727 S/Os. Enough to offer up some vacation buyback in October.

It will be interesting to see how this goes.

Last time I checked the 727 S/O's are the only ones holding strong by not picking up the disputed pairings out of open time.

There are a few gone, but most are still there (of course I'll be proven wrong as all the S/O *****s will pick up the open time as soon as I post this message!)

Word must be getting out....the pain is spreading to every crew position!