Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The MOD lines for the MD90's are way behind schedule. They put the bids out based on the projected fleet times for those airframes. They are at least going to be running 9 months late on average. Rather then rebid everything they are going to carry the surplus.
True - but let's look at the other 90 qualified groups:
CVG 49 lines for 67 pilots - 73%
NYC 72 lines for 101 pilots - 71%
And if ATL is 90 qualed by Jan (not sure what their schedule is for that)
377 lines for 513 pilots - 73%
So the MOD line excuse doesn't quite cut it - they could spread some of that flying to MSP to boost the line count a bit