Originally Posted by
BlueMoon
Because I'm wondering about the here and now and what this spells for the future near future. Also the source listed I had listed current 36 Dc-9's in service.
I do realize you parked many many DC-9's post merger (I JS'ed on them regularly), but what is done has already occurred and it's effect on your seniority list has happened (right? I'm making an assumption here), I'm more curious of the effects of this announcement and it's future effects. That is why I counted only 36. Hell, I wish you had 100+ of them still flying, life would be better for everyone, but unfortunately that isn't the case.
I don't work for DL (not directly at least), but I have a personal interest in the growth of your seniority list.
no it hasn't...does that mean we will furlough...not necessarily but the surplus from these ac being parked is very hard to track when you have so many cards in play....massive training from an up and coming entitlement being one of the big cards....not to mention proposed rest rule changes...implementation times for that....oil .... you get the idea.
When you have so many ac and bases, a few hundred extra pilots isn't a lot. We have more than a thousand at any given time out on sick, military, bypass, long term training....