Ya... the 73 is staffed properly in some places, but is constantly short in NYC and SLC.

And WAAAAAY over in CVG.

Ditto for LAX. Not much flying for us reserves (in the 73)

Damn dude!! Keep that quite! I don't want the company to find out and ruin my sweet paid vacation :)

Fact is that the 88 is always short. It is the junior equipment and will always be the shortest staffed.
I am talking the airline as a whole. They have played around with a lot of different options, one being a displacement to get some people back on to the Maddog. I do not see that happening, but you never know.
Also keep in mind that they offered a lot of SIL's for next month. A lot more than were needed. It made PCS changes near impossible.

Open up DFW for the 88/90 and people will get back on it.

Who knows... maybe we'll get to fly this weekend since it's Labor Day!

You got that right! Though I wouldn't be surprised if they cut short of our "paid" vacation sooner or later, but at least this summer has been one of the best, by far!

BTW, ACL, what does the contract says about displacement? I've heard a lot from guys I've flown with, some say it takes a lot to happen, some say they can ship us out in a matter of weeks. What's your take? For us newbies out west, there's really no category that we can bid into except going back to ATL for training:eek:

Thanks in advance!

Not to discount that we might have plenty of pilots on staff and that the 737 and some bases like LAX and CVG are slow but I'm sure scheduling doesn't feel like the ER is overstaffed on the FO side in JFK and to some extent ATL.

But I was under the impression thats how DAL likes to roll: properly staffed for reduced flying winter and relying on greenslips and premium pay to get through the summer.

I got called at 0430 this morning for an inverse assignment that had an 0830 sign in. JFK ER.