Originally Posted by jblumindtrick
The last f10-k says we have 115 A320s and 100 E190s on order up to 2012.
I thought we had upwards of around 200 A320s (with options). Can anyone find past(3-4 years) documentation/plans of what our A320 plans used to be?
It might be my imagination, but it appears that we might already be morphing into a true E190 carrier.
Just curious because THE BUZZ is all about the excitement and expansion of the E190.
4 A320 upgrades a month
Captains flying as FO
Any thoughts......
I use to have the specific numbers, but I can't find them right now. But as I remember it was approx 200 Airbus and 100 emb190s, with options for up to another 100 airbus' The total was to have up to 410 aircraft by the end of 2012 assuming we exercised all options.
As for the 190 roll out. I am extremely disappointed about it. It is my understanding that it will initially only be used to current JB cities to add frequency and to keep it close to JFK and BOS for mx issues. It may be prudent, but it is just crap. The 190 has been sold to us and the public that it will open up lost of new cities and markets, yet for the first year we won't do that. I'd call that false advertising.
Well at least the latest upgrades are 8. It is just an example of poor planning, which by the way comes from above. We try to tell them, but they don't listen to us dumb pilots (even thought most of us have one or more college degrees). Plus we are smart enought to know that getting hit by a baseaball bat hurts. So we try to not let it happen. Not Operations and Crew Services (all though crew services is only playing with what they were given, they are inefficient and don't think ahead, and like to abuse all of us and especially the reserves)
But still look at the reserves, or lack there of. It still means that there are insufficient pilots to support the actual flying we are trying to do. (the CNX of flight early in April due to no crew even though the company call it "weather", no reserves on the weekends). Its all bull. Dave Barger said the magic "I'm Sorry" last summer when there were insufficient reserves and said it would never happen again. Well, now it is not even summer and we already don't have enought reserves. Hanging on to the trailing edge of the wing is no way to run the show, and that is what we are doing right now. Every time there is IROP we go right to the edge and now have started to fall. Hang on.....
On a side note, I am glad to see Crew Services looking for vollenteers to help fill reserve shortages with dedicated lines. I'd like to know where the idea came from (QSO?). If it is working then great, but if it is not, then they should up the credit to 6+ ours per day to really draw in the vollenteers.
Just my opinion....
FNG