trips are better on ER 40-50% of rotations are Hawaii, staffing is really poor (lots of greenslips), but overall long term ER will be phased out of West Coast first (2023 or 2024) will be the start of moving it out.

 

Thanks for the quick reply. What happens when the ER is phased out? Do you get displaced to another fleet in your base?

 

If you are involuntary displaced you can go to any category your seniority can hold and will not incur a seat lock.

 

Come to LAX ER so I move up a number

In all honesty I really enjoy it in LAX. I don't mind central America or Hawaii or transcon. It's fun to fly, I think we have good rotations especially compared to ATL/NYC. We are getting back HNL-HND in March which will add some extra intl trips, I assume some of the BOS intl flying will be built for LAX as well as it was before. It's not bad. Only big downside is you know it's not staying good for long, and you'll have to go back to training eventually. For me it's ok, I plan to sit it out until I get west coast 330. If you hate training and don't really care as much about rotation overnights I'd probably go 320. At least if you sit right seat on that in a few years it will take the Hawaii flying.

Them again the trend of hiring a few years you can hold left seat somewhere or probably bigger widebody right seat....so perhaps you're going to training anyways? Can't speak too much to 73N LAX pairings but some have told me they're he worst in the system. Also probably get a lot of variety of the co-domicile stuff. ER is like over90%+ in LAX so as a commuter that's a huge deal not worrying about the other bases.

 

What is going to replace the ER at LAX?

 

321 neos will replace 757 flying. They said likely will be a 330 base in long haul when more deliveries come. Granted we already have some 330's flying in and out already. Similar to SLC, but I think the way it sounds is SLC330 will be first base then LAX.

 

Massive prevalence of early report/late release, high legs per day with mandatory plane changes at every hub (and some "outstations") with both mad dash panic 5 concourses away scrambles or 3-4 hour sits, relatively short rests with circadian cycle shifts, etc.

Its no one thing, or even just several things, but the relentless application of all those things. Its so bad in some BES's that even living in base is barely a mitigating factor for just the report/release part of it and nothing else.

The only way it gets fixed at this point is if we pry it out of their cold, unplugged optimizer at contract time. Better work rules including RCC leverage with teeth. Lip service mea culpas about "running it a little hot" won't fix it.

 

Thanks for the replies!

 

Well as expected Jan 18 drop is a massive variety as well and only 1 NYC airplane. Shocker they have exhausted all NYC slots lol....

 

Well with the expected AE being delayed, I can’t say I’m surprised