Originally Posted by
Tinpusher007
My question is how the following scenario would play out at XJ. With the return of the entire Saab fleet soon coming, many current captains will be displaced to F/O, making 200 and 900 captain postions very senior as they already are. Most guys in those seats have indicated that they are not interested in the flow-through. One of the requirments for being able to flow is being a captain. So my question is...is it plausible that we cold get into a situation where we don't have anyone qualified to even take flow simply because they're not captains and the current ones prefer to stay at XJ? Of course this all assumes no replacement for the Saabs which is debatable but so far has not been announced or even hinted at.
Actually, last time I checked the flowthru bidding result, there are many guys at the seniority list between 150 to 300 who said they will flow, so I do not see there wil be any shortage of XJ pilots wanting to flowthru to DAL. Do you really think DAL will be hiring anytime soon? I am just asking because that is not what I am hearing from people I know over at DAL who can ask directly their HR about this rumor.
As for all Saabs being parked, I have to agree that in the next couple of years, all Saabs at XJ will be parked. I don't know about CRJ200s but DAL did announce they plan to park 100 CRJ200s from DCIs in 2010, so I don't know if XJ is also going to lose 17 CRJ200s in 2010.