There won't be a single person under 60 flying the 777.......no matter where they base it!

Wrong.

You'll have to have some babysitters to comply with the FARs.

I've never liked "babysitters." How about geezer guide?

or Nurses?

I may be off here, but I thought that it was 12 months (see Menlo) and that was only in the event of merger, acquisition, or purchase. For the 24 I saw mentioned I think that they are going to have to come to us for some help (read: midterm negotiation)

I was in the training center last week and I saw them stocking the vending machines with Depends!


Question: What does the cockpit smell like after two 60+ year olds get done flying it? Depends....

The union already granted them the 24 months, according to IPNN a week or so ago. I believe the 12 months is only a hard number when we buy an airline. IMBW. We won't see any real change from this deal. Just heavier loads domestically.

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I remember the company asking for 24 months, but I can't believe that in this climate of them trampling the contract at will, we would have given it to them without anything in return. Stay tuned on this one (I hope)

I with you dude, maybe hang on to the 8's a little longer and that could be about it.

Although it doesn't actually come out and say it, the article sorta just accepts that it will take 24 months. See below.

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“Second, because of the magnitude of the volume increase, a transition plan of approximately two years will be necessary. This will entail the reactivation of retired brown tail DC-8s, subject to FAA approval, along with a combination of wet leasing, dry leasing, and new aircraft acquisitions. At the end of this transition period, all of the flying would permanently become ours. We will see and review the transition plan to ensure that it complies with existing scope clause parameters,” explained Miller