Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1837067)

Sounds like you have that information. Elucidate us. I want to be enlightened.

I'm an idealist. I want everything to deliver as promised, and work as well in practice as it does in theory. Show me the way.

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1836678)

I've also known plenty of guys on this forum who were within a couple of days of training on a plane and held something else and got out of it. But then again, I've heard of people who weren't allowed out and went through 2/3 of their training on the new airplane.

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 1837056)

I'm one of those.
Three days from training on a mandatory displacement I got a reinstatement.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1837018)

FOQA is one of the best safety tools around. A significant number of Delta aircraft do not have FOQA. It's time to get all aircraft equipped.

Originally Posted by Hillbilly (Post 1837125)

That's a little different. Mandatory Displacements do not incur a category freeze that begins on the date of the award like an AE or new hire pilot assignment. MDs never prevent a pilot from being awarded something on a subsequent bid.

The pilots I am aware of that have gotten out of AE awards and the associated category freeze in the past all had some personal family issue/crisis that they presented to the company requesting the release from the award as a one off. Even then, they were only granted if the company could make the staffing work. These days, I'm not confident they have much staffing flexibility to work with in that regard.

Originally Posted by TheManager (Post 1837127)

I know there are plenty of ASAPs out there concerning the noise level, communication issues, and the lack of intercom in the 757 replacement jet.

The .005 cent rubber solution has been declared verboten! How about a damn intercom switch!?!?

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1836618)

On Option 2 are you worried that they wouldn't give you ATL717B for a few months and yet let others in ahead of you?

If you look at the last projected training/conversion window you can see how they handled guys swapping bases on the same aircraft. That AE had a small conversion window though but most everyone were swapped in Month 2-4 of the 6 month window. So nothing was immediate but it was timely.

However, in my personal experience I notice that conversions are done to have people in position for the summer. So they could move fast if they need people in ATL (which could happen if guys bid off in mass) or if that doesn't happen then keep you in NYC until the end of summer. Depends on how the AE shakes out.

If I'm not mistaken, conversions are figured out by hand. Years ago they explained how it goes down. I think it's a mind boggling process.

Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1836647)

I think PD could say it's a beautiful day today and his detractors would still find incentive to come at him with personal attacks.

Oh, and did someone say underboob?

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