Speaking of that, how many pilots are we "over staffed" every fall (numbers of pilots or percentages) compared to peak summer? Is it really then fair to call that "over staffed"?

Of couse if we do furlough, it will be the European's (or whatever's) fault and the TA will automatically be credited with preventing 1000 additional furloughs that never happened, just like massive DCI growth after 9-11 was credited with mitigating furloughs.

 

Thanks Wilbur! I have been keeping my eye on the trips and you're right. I haven't seen any bad ones. Yeah, I live about 30 minutes up 405 on the eastside so sitting reserve is not a problem. Kids are all out of the house now (youngest just started freshman year at WSU) so I'm not that worried about getting holidays off anymore. The displacement, well I cannot do anything about that. If it happens, it happens. I really like the 76/757 so it's really a no loose situation.

Actually that will be a downside for Ferd! He's gonna have to be my seeing eye FO........I hope he's up to the job!

My anxiousness comes from never having been to an Airbus school on top of not going to a new aircraft school for a looooong time. I'm sure once I get into it, it will go fine. I've had a lot of guys offer their expertise in case I run into questions in training and that will definitely help!

Denny

 

Really? How many arbitrations were there over how long?? And that worked well? How many have we had? I don't think there is much of a comparison.

Denny

 

Song was a pet project intended to make a ton of cash for Fred Reid and a few others. Spin off on a separate certificate which the FAA did not approve. Very, very lucky break for us.

 

And all the pound cake you want!

(He neglected to mention the free pound cake, always available at the 5 Towns).

 

Only got 1 thingto say to your youngest. U- dub!

 

I'm jealous.....I grew up out there and would love to get back. Bellevue, Redmond, Kent, Moses Lake, Vancouver. All my flying prior to Dal was the western U.S. and Canada. I get all excited when my maddog see's a real mountain. Navigation was easy, volcanoes on one side and the ocean on the other. We used to go to WSU to pick up mom's and daughters on mom's weekend. Too bad the airport at eastgate and the one in Issaquah are gone. If my wife decides she's had enough of me I'm gonna head west and be the plug in Seattle.

 

Huck the Fuskies!!!!!

 

Not only did my raw score go down, but I went from bucket 2 back to bucket 1.

 

As part of a new agreement with Alaska Airlines, we're giving their reserve pilots a percentage of our raw score to keep our west coast feed viable.