I'm out of the loop, has anyone heard anything about bids in 2011 other than what "O" has put out?

 

I wouldn't bet one single quarter on what that idiot puts out! he's a nice guy,flown with him, but clueless. he's clueless for a raeson: they treat him like a mushroom, feed him cow exctrement and keep him in the dark.

watch the economy. it is improving rapidly. I think we will hire about 80-100 people next year, and several hundred the following years.

 

So - "O" is a really nice clueless idiot??? (can we quote you on that?)

"O" is kept in the dark and knows nothing of what he speaks - you know this how?

And, to finish off - what makes you any more knowledgeable than "O" (I have not seen anything to indicate the economy "is improving rapidly").

 

Mighty brave of you FHP to trash someone behind your fictitious name.

Those guys in flight management put up with more s#!t for you than you know.

 

I frequently disagree with Chuck (and I've told him so in person in the AOC), but he's probably got this one right. I'm CERTAINLY no management fan but that's just uncalled for ...

 

Isn't it always about this time of year we discuss rumors of an upcoming bid? See if this sounds familiar:
Dec: Rumor of bid in Jan/Feb timeframe.
Mid Feb: Bid not ready yet, bean counters are still fine tuning the numbers.
Late Mar: Bid will be out any day. Waiting for next year's flying hour projection from bean counters.
Early May: Still no bid. Various conspiracy theories spread over APC.
Late Jun: Small bid that in no way resembles the Dec rumor is released.

Mark your calendars sportsfans, next bid will be released 24 Jun at 1701L Memphis time.

 

Training letter shows that they are out of Captains being trained in several a/c starting in Mar-Apr. I'm betting on Apr-ish, unless they, as 05 Blues said, pull out the waiting for the new fiscal yr flying hour plan, blah, blah, so it'll probably come out in June for sure.

 

But, it is according to what the mainstream media is reporting!? The recession was officially over a few months ago.

 

It was actually over in the summer of 2009....FEDEX loads have been increasing since Jun 2009. And, yes --- we were in 4A2B until Jun 2010 --- a whole year later. This rise in cargo didn't happen over night --- it's been building up for quite some time.

 

Wow – how sad to read such a negative post that sticks a knife in “O’s” back. I’m just a line guy with no flex or management time here, but I can say this. I was very fortunate to do a sim with “O” in 2004 during my initial checkout in the bus. It was dual-hydraulic failure day in the syllabus. We went through all three variations of dual-hydraulic failure. My training bud and I found the Airbus QRH very confusing in our pre-sim study. Having a lot of military IP time, I realized it would not be a fun sim to teach, let alone take as a student. Well, “O” totally watered our eyes with how well he briefed and ran the sim. Everything just clicked. After it was over, my training bud and I just shook our heads – “That guy really has his sh**t together!!” In addition to his enormous technical skill, his people skills were tops also. Not to take away from our other flex instructors, but that event still stands out as the best sim I’ve ever experienced here. Since then, I’ve personally seen him standup for the pilots, especially when scheduling has abused us bottom-feeders doing those famous x-pairings you get on an airport standby. All said, “O” is a total class-act. My only worry is that when somebody eventually replaces him, we’ll all be wishing he was back! During this holiday season, I wish “O” and his family all the very best!!!