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03-20-2019, 02:35 PM
#1101
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
Posts: 11,989
Originally Posted by 4fans
For a little perspective, if you told a 73N or 320 pilot that he/she could go back and sleep or watch movies in a regular old first class seat for 1/3rd of the flight from RDU to SEA, they would probably be overjoyed.
Did a 28'ish hour duty day (now RAP) on a 0500 short call. "No Whitlow," they told me. After that, I was and will forever will be a different kind of employee. That, and FAR 117 addressed the worst of aviation's international reserve shenanigans.
03-20-2019, 02:38 PM
#1102
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2017
Posts: 380
Originally Posted by Scooter432
any predictions on what the ATL717A will go down to? Curious if many of the 88As go up to NYC to the A220 etc
03-20-2019, 04:37 PM
#1103
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: On the hotel shuttle
Posts: 5,812
Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
... used to back to back red eye the ATL-Manaus Brazil. At first you hoped you would not get either form of hemorrhagic fever that was going around, or the much easier Yellow Fever, Zitka or Malaria. After two years of being the plug on that thing, I was kinda thinking, maybe Dengue isn't that bad.
Did a 28'ish hour duty day (now RAP) on a 0500 short call. "No Whitlow," they told me. After that, I was and will forever will be a different kind of employee. That, and FAR 117 addressed the worst of aviation's international reserve shenanigans.
Did a 28'ish hour duty day (now RAP) on a 0500 short call. "No Whitlow," they told me. After that, I was and will forever will be a different kind of employee. That, and FAR 117 addressed the worst of aviation's international reserve shenanigans.
03-20-2019, 07:25 PM
#1104
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2010
Position: MD88
Posts: 447
Originally Posted by Go Cards go
I’d bet a lot of them go to the 717. It’s a short school and they get to stay in ATL. Some commuters probably on the lower end will choose to commute somewhere else but I’d guess the majority are looking for something to keep them in ATL. 717A goes around 9200
03-20-2019, 07:39 PM
#1105
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,412
Originally Posted by bluejuice71
I’m betting it goes to 10,500. Maybe more junior than that.
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03-20-2019, 09:30 PM
#1106
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 26
Originally Posted by Scoop
Some senior Bs will probably bid 320 A, not sure if many will go from B to B, maybe a few. We see a lot of 73 Bs go over to the ER B, but ER B back to NB B seems pretty rare.
Also realize the ER will probably still do plenty of Hawaii.
Scoop
Also realize the ER will probably still do plenty of Hawaii.
Scoop
03-21-2019, 07:28 AM
#1108
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2015
Posts: 845
Originally Posted by Ed Harley
I read that they will not backfill MSP 320/737 FO positions but I didn’t see anything about captain positions. Does this mean that they will backfill those?
MSP will get nothing and they will like it!!
03-21-2019, 11:34 AM
#1109
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2015
Position: A350 Both
Posts: 7,292
Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
First 20 will be ETOPS for Hawaii. The second 20 will be transcon with lie flat to compete with merkin and JetBlue.
I hate wikipedia, but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin
Merkin Muffley. POTUS in Dr Strangelove.
03-21-2019, 11:42 AM
#1110
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
Originally Posted by JamesBond
Merkin? Seriously?
I hate wikipedia, but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin
Merkin Muffley. POTUS in Dr Strangelove.
I hate wikipedia, but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin
Merkin Muffley. POTUS in Dr Strangelove.
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