Insights into previous SLI methodology
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It appears the bottom USAirways narrow body Captain is 1988 hire.
It appears the bottom American narrow body Captain is 1993 hire.
It appears the bottom America West narrow body Captain is 1998 hire.
Does anybody see a problem?
It appears the bottom American narrow body Captain is 1993 hire.
It appears the bottom America West narrow body Captain is 1998 hire.
Does anybody see a problem?
#34
Now had UAL merged with AAA your argument would be somewhat valid however it was AWA that was the only carrier willing to toss out the life line. AWA pilots should not at all be penalized for being employed at a younger carrier. This is an extremely weak argument on your part.
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Yeah, the east pilots will get crushed in sli.
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Back in Feb when the merger was announced that bottom American Captain was 1989.
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__________________________________________________ _____________
NARROWBODY
US Airways:
Present Fleet = 314 ][ Orders = 17
* represents an approximate 5.5% potential increase for US Airways F/O's.
American Airlines:
Present Fleet = 490 ][ Orders = 429
*represents an approximate 87.5% potential increase for AA F/O's.
__________________________________________________ ____________
WIDEBODY
US Airways:
Present Fleet = 30 ][ Orders = 26
*represents an approximate 85% increase in positions for US Airways pilots. At an estimate of 25 pilots per aircraft, this would be about 650 positions.
American Airlines:
Present Fleet = 125 ][ Orders = 53
* represents an approximate 42% increase in positions for AA pilots. At an estimate of 25 pilots per aircraft, this would be about 1,325 positions. AA has 4 times as many widebodies as US Airways, but approximately 2 times the number of pilots.
Other projected variables include planned retirement schedules and AA's aircraft options that are approximately equal to their orders. How these are all factored in is yet to be seen, but clearly each F/O could have had a target date for accessibility to widebody F/O, narrowbody captain and widebody captain, if not already holdable at time of merger announcement. Additionally, another variable that would impact career expectations for F/O's is where present captains would be merged or the "problem" you appear to mention. One problem impacts another and especially in this SLI there seem to be more desparities than either UAL/CAL or DAL/NWA. I realize it's advantageous for some to compare this merger SLI to the other two legacies, but I think there as many differences as similarities.
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