Today's drop -

LAX 11 320
MIA 11 320
MIA 11 737

 

Thank you, Slice!

 

Is the 75/76 fleet shrinking?

 

757/767 fleet shrinking? Big time. 64/45=109 to 51/31 = 82 this year.

Goal is 24/17 = 41. In 2018 (?) at the current retirement rate

 

I know I will get abused for this, but I will ask anyway.

- What is the approximate training footprint? Say 737 or AB as an example.

Thanks!

 

November class dates?? I understand 11/1, 11/15, and 11/29? Is there a past practice for 3 classes in a month? What is the contract definition of "initial training" for the class of 11/29 (does the contract or training manual seperate "initial indoc" definition from "initial training" )? If the definition is separated, would initial training begin in December for the 11/29 class? Thanks for any input, feel free to message me.

 

1. Yes
2. Yes, in November. Late December class indoc would be around Christmas.
3. IDK. Class date = seniority number.
4. Separate or not initial training, after indoc, would start in late Dec or perhaps even early January.

 

I have a new hire commuter question (recent CJO). I live in Texas. It seems like MIA, LGA, PHL and more recently LAX are some of the junior bases. Depending on new hire drop availability what domiciles are the best for commuters? My buddy who got hired last year had a difficult time covering the three different airports that constitute the LAX domicile (ONT, SNA & LAX). Each airport is separated by about an hour drive with very little public transportation. Is it better to stay East, unless you are willing to move? Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

 

I'm a bit out of the loop with initial qualification, but the way it used to be was 2 weeks of indoc and go home and wait for your ground school. The 320 utilizes much more home study and you complete that before coming back for sims. The 737 used to be 2 weeks of ground school, then 2 weeks (10 total) sims, which includes the ride. They switched to a different training material provider (Aerosim) and I'm not sure if they're doing that as home study now too. Someone who's been through recently could probably comment.

I'd plan to be finished with training 2.5 months (give or take) after your first day of indoc. I have no idea if the single list and the training events that might be associated with being able to bid new bases will slow anything down. In the past few years it's been common to have 3 or 4 weeks off between indoc and ground school.

As stated previously, there are 767s in ORD, but as a new hire you'd be about 2000 numbers junior to the bottom reserve and it's a dying fleet, so I wouldn't get your heart set on that one.

 

Where in Texas? Miami is an easy commute from Houston.