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I am guessing your comment on hundreds mil leave pilots that came back and shrinking is not really taking place is not part of "normally backed up data"?
Just stop writning things that are not true and you will have a lot of friends.

Wasatch Phantom

02-28-2013 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1361918)

Yet the data I post is normally backed up and interpreted by experts much the same way I look at it.

Would these be the same experts at ALPA National that you're so fond of?

dalad

02-28-2013 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Lifeisgood (Post 1361952)

Hundreds of Mil leave pilots have come back. The March category list shows we are down to 198 Mil leave pilots. It was up over 500 at one time. I don't believe we are shrinking with the addition of the 717's and MD-90's. I don't know what the 739's are going to do to the 75 fleet, other than the ling term plan is to have 80-100 752's in the fleet. I spoke to a fleet guy last week who said that if things start moving in the right direction the 26 75/76 airframes in the desert will be put through their heavy checks. I'm just as frustrated by the lack of movement as anyone else, but I can't just snap my fingers and make everything better.

georgetg

02-28-2013 09:25 AM

3rd daily LAX MSY flight added on A319

#nomoneyinla

Cheers
George

80ktsClamp

02-28-2013 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dalad (Post 1361959)

FWIW, that mil leave count has stabilized at ~200 for around 6 months. That may be the new normal.

They are running out of excuses to not get some new warm bodies at mainline. :)

dalad

02-28-2013 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1361967)

FWIW, that mil leave count has stabilized at ~200 for around 6 months. That may be the new normal.

They are running out of excuses to not get some new warm bodies at mainline. :)

I'll bet sequestration will be the next excuse.:eek:

GunshipGuy

02-28-2013 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1361882)

Items are given up in every contract even the very best. Trades are made. There were lots of changes in reserve. No one posts about the good things. Over the course of my career reserve is the single most improved part of the contract by a big margin. We have progressed from 19 to 20 days on call 24 hours a day with 2 hours to report to the system we have today. It has ebbed back and forth over the years by the overall trend has been hugely positive.

My hope is that the next time we are sitting in a really good negotiating position after having given up massive pay cuts and the company comes to us for an early agreement after record profits we don't feel the need to feed them concessions in the form of reduced profit sharing and onerous reserve rules that worsen QOL.

GunshipGuy

02-28-2013 09:45 AM

......................nevermind

NERD	02-28-2013 10:25 AM

Just received a phone call from CPSC to inform me of a military escort of a fallen soldier on my trip tomorrow. I feel that this was classy upon them to give me a heads up. Now back to your regulary scheduled all Alpa/Delta sucks *****fest.

nwaf16dude

02-28-2013 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1361967)

FWIW, that mil leave count has stabilized at ~200 for around 6 months. That may be the new normal.

They are running out of excuses to not get some new warm bodies at mainline. :)

Is there any way to cross check how many of those mil leave guys are no longer on the seniority list? I know of at least a few that were on the nbcmil list after the merger who are now completely gone.

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