Why Is Alaska Hiring so many Pilots?
01-20-2020, 07:26 AM
#211
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There is a Seattle bus base coming, they are going to close LAX bus base and displace us to Seattle. It saves them training cost, not allowing 73 guys to bid into the airframe. Plus a MX in PDX told us yesterday that they were told to expect a shift out of PDX. They are going to be doing a lot more A checks there on the bus, that 80% of flying out of PDX will be on the bus.
01-20-2020, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Flaps1check
There is a Seattle bus base coming, they are going to close LAX bus base and displace us to Seattle. It saves them training cost, not allowing 73 guys to bid into the airframe. Plus a MX in PDX told us yesterday that they were told to expect a shift out of PDX. They are going to be doing a lot more A checks there on the bus, that 80% of flying out of PDX will be on the bus.
01-20-2020, 11:27 AM
#215
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The sim and building in Burlingame were renewed for another 4-5 years. All legacy airbus training management has been forced out. That to me is further indication that they are simply limping the frame along till their lease obligations expire. In the mean time trying to use the dual fleet as a bargaining chip against both the manufacturers and labor group. I’m sure that the hotel rates at the Interurban and Hilton are far cheaper then opening up a base. In the meantime we can enjoy multi day trips with extended sits. Fortunately for us we are not contractual obligated to be contactable while away from base. No favors no waivers fly the contract.
01-21-2020, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Mea25000
Lets see, Jan 2019, no June of '19, no August of '19, ok Dec of '19, no Jan of '19...... I would suspect there is still a 50/50 chance it comes out the 29th. If not my best guess would be Mar '19.
Boeing delays 737 Max return to July
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51200118
01-21-2020, 04:38 PM
#217
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Originally Posted by WutFace
Every other merged airline who had mixed narrowbodies chose to keep both in the end. Alaska management, on the other hand, has decided to try to put the toothpaste back into the tube. It's concerning at the very least.
01-21-2020, 05:08 PM
#218
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Originally Posted by SIUav8er
Oh, like Southwest/Airtran?? hmm 🤔
- Southwest had not taken possession / was not operating the B717 at the time they were leased to Delta. Alaska has integrated A320 flight training, maintenance, and operations into their system.
- Southwest retained ownership of the B717s and is earning revenue on the leases to Delta. Alaska is returning the aircraft as leases expire. In some cases, early with penalty.
- The B717 and A320/B737 have different missions: One is a small, short range regional, the other is a medium-haul 150+ seat narrowbody.
- AirTran had 52 737s that it brought with it to the merger. If Alaska dumps the A320s, then they spent 4 billion on basically nothing.
01-21-2020, 08:10 PM
#219
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Originally Posted by MusicPilot
March is pretty close to July. 🤷🏻♂️😏
Boeing delays 737 Max return to July
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51200118
Boeing delays 737 Max return to July
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51200118
Ring ring, hello CAAC? How’s the weather in Beijing? This is the FAA. Say, can you do a simultaneous approval with us? Oh, not sure we can get Trump to do something about tariffs, umm.......
01-21-2020, 08:18 PM
#220
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Originally Posted by WutFace
AirTran had 52 737s that it brought with it to the merger. If Alaska dumps the A320s, then they spent 4 billion on basically nothing.
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