Delta2heavy

That means that either the nyc or atl base visits are...........#fakenews

80ktsClamp

Or that the plan changes by the hour. Note the totally unpredicted SLC A220 base that still hasn't begun flying.

I'm a handful from the bottom as ATL320A. The two base meetings give me solace that I'm not gonna get the bump and the other that I'll have a more significant potential to get the bump. All within a few hours of each other.

I'm hedging my bet on the more positive mid march AE where there is enough backfill to keep me in my happy place riding out the death of the dog.

Delta2heavy

I just like saying fake news

sailingfun

I was at most of the NYC meeting. Did not here mid March mentioned. The written notes they provided state first week of April. The SLC 220 base was always planned to open several months after NYC. The written handout has lots of other information that contradicts many things posted here.

BigHitterLlama

Anything worth sharing for those that couldn’t make the meeting? Thanks

sailingfun

I think some of it is probably not for public posting. 25 a month on new hires is incorrect. That is for the second quarter only. Plan is 600 plus for the year. Fleet will increase by 34 airframes this year and will easily exceed 900 total. 428 retirements in 2019. 527 in 2020. Pilots leaving early are matching their predictions. Total rotations rerouted in 2018 was 3.9%. Not quite what you expect reading this forum.
55% of our domestic departures are mainline. Higher than UAL and AA. That will increase in our favor going forward. They mentioned 4 domestic cities as focus cites but probably should not post here. Growth in current hubs will be coastal. Growth will return to the Pacific for the first time in years. We are number 1 across the Atlantic on our own metal with growth planned this summer. A couple of East coast seasonal Europe routes will go full year. Lots of Latin news that probably should not be posted but good overall.

TED74

4% reroute rate spread evenly across all the fleets would be bad, but not terrible. Of course that isn't how it works. Certain fleets, probably MD-88 in Atlanta, get way more than that, and those pilots are justified to be upset. Flying a rotation you didn't bid every month or every other month, and then having to do your own research and legwork to get properly paid would get tiresome quickly.

WakeWash

Was at the majority of the ATL visit. There he did say expect mid March for the AE. The other notable to me was the LAX 717 positions will no longer be dispersed across the 3 remaining bases, but they’ve decided to put all of those spots in ATL only now. Of course that will change I’m sure. The rest of everything said on here is the same I heard as well.

cni187

Crew resources via Skyhub said that they needed to get bodies into the sims for the 220 starting in May. Bob did a video on the 15th of Feb stating AE was first week of April to close mid April. We’ll just have to wait and see this week when they do their monthly update. They’re busy today with the April bid package I take it.

Delta2heavy

This could signal the beginning of the end of that fleet, or it could be they are just minimizing displacements.
Did they say anything specifically about atl and dtw 330? Someone said they won’t backfill it? Seems to me with so many widebody captain slots they will have to back fill a little at least