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01-29-2023, 05:14 PM

#21

AerChungus

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Originally Posted by C5Mafia

Feb bid was 178 captains and 187 FOs.

Huh. An imbalance of 9 qualifies as "dramatic"?

Thanks for the update C5Mafia

01-29-2023, 05:51 PM

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dmspilot

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Originally Posted by AerChungus

Huh. An imbalance of 9 qualifies as "dramatic"?

Thanks for the update C5Mafia

Not the whole picture. Subtract a bunch of CAs who instruct almost exclusively (PBS considers them eligible to bid, even though their schedules are full of pre-awards) and add 60+ FOs hired over the past few months that are not eliglble to bid yet. Yeah, you can add back in a few upgrades but nowhere near 60.

There is a reason CAs get 300% every other day and FOs are sitting on reserve not flying. They've also been taking trips from lineholders for FO consolidation. So yeah. Draw your own conclusions.

01-30-2023, 03:31 AM

#23

dreadFOroberts

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Originally Posted by dmspilot

and FOs are sitting on reserve not flying. They've also been taking trips from lineholders for FO consolidation. So yeah. Draw your own conclusions.

Been told that the flying will be picking up more in the spring and increasing further as AW's UA flying ceases in IAD, which is where the bulk of those FOs are.

01-30-2023, 07:52 AM

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astray

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Originally Posted by C5Mafia

Feb bid was 178 captains and 187 FOs.

What's current fleet size with that group?

01-30-2023, 12:55 PM

#25

ThePoorPilot

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Originally Posted by AerChungus

2/6 or 2/20?

20th for Class

01-30-2023, 02:27 PM

#26

C5Mafia

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Originally Posted by astray

What's current fleet size with that group?

Somewhere around 64 XRs

01-30-2023, 05:09 PM

#27

AerChungus

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Originally Posted by ThePoorPilot

20th for Class

Really sorry to hear that. Hope they can get you going again soon

02-01-2023, 09:55 AM

#28

DieselBird

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Never thought I'd see the day where even CommuteAir's classes are pushed back just as much as the other regionals. What a time...

02-12-2023, 01:36 PM

#29

AerChungus

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Just as an update for anybody interested/affected, Feb 20 has been delayed 4 weeks, March 6th delayed 5 weeks, and every class beyond that delayed 6 weeks

02-13-2023, 07:58 PM

#30

dmspilot

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Originally Posted by DieselBird

Never thought I'd see the day where even CommuteAir's classes are pushed back just as much as the other regionals. What a time...

I imagine they've put a lid on FO hiring due to a severe captain retention problem. And it looks like the number of DEC's hired over the past 6 months is so small it might as well be zero.