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I suspect you may see the first bid put off a bit unless they use the 1 year option. There are about 30 A350's that need to be delivered ahead of ours. They are running about 4 per month however have stated they are trying to up that to 6.5 per month this year. I am betting we see the first jet in Sep and only get 3 this year. The 747 may get yet another reprieve on its death sentence scheduled for DEC.

I suspect you are spot on. There's always hope though.

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Originally Posted by FL370esq (Post 2292394)

Any line on the over/under for the "junior" F/O in the initial A350 AE? Thinking seniority # 3250 will be "the plug."

I agree. The "junior" position is going to go silly senior. With the amount of time off the initial folks will get I'm guessing #2500 is junior FO

firstmob

02-01-2017 07:38 AM

Avianca chose United for it's new partner we have now lost 3 airlines to our competitors JAL. Skymark and now Avianca where do we stand with Korean?'

Dustycrophopper

02-01-2017 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by firstmob (Post 2292504)

Avianca chose United for it's new partner we have now lost 3 airlines to our competitors JAL. Skymark and now Avianca where do we stand with Korean?'

I think your response is important because if avianca would have chosen us, there would have been a lot of people complaining that there goes more of our flying. now that they have partnered with united, it's important to note I think that joint ventures are sometimes beneficial, we just have to have the right enforcements and the right ratios to protect our flying.
On the flip side Brazil is close to allowing up to 100 percent foreign ownership of its airlines so I think we really need to pay attention to that as that is where gol is

sailingfun

02-01-2017 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by firstmob (Post 2292504)

Avianca chose United for it's new partner we have now lost 3 airlines to our competitors JAL. Skymark and now Avianca where do we stand with Korean?'

KAL like China Southern does not want us doing any of the flying across the Pacific. They want it all with Delta picking up the passengers in the US. Contrary to forum sentiment Delta management does not even want this as they make more money flying our aircraft. It remains to be seen what any agreement if reached will look like. Thank god the Pacific flying agreement Bill Bartels opposed so strongly passed.

FL370esq

02-01-2017 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by tunes (Post 2292455)

so you are saying it's going to go junior?

Only if you consider a pilot with a seniority number of 3250 out of 13,500 to be "junior." 😆

Denny Crane

02-01-2017 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 2292393)

The 747 may get yet another reprieve on its death sentence scheduled for DEC.

I can only hope...........:) The longer a 747 displacement bid is put off, the better for me.:cool: Because, of course, its all about me!:)

Denny

sailingfun

02-01-2017 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 2292570)

I can only hope...........:) The longer a 747 displacement bid is put off, the better for me.:cool: Because, of course, its all about me!:)

Denny

Someone should call the ACLU and demand they sue for a permanent injunction banning the retirements. So many stays of execution has to be cruel and unusual punishment!

Sobchak

02-01-2017 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 2292570)

I can only hope...........:) The longer a 747 displacement bid is put off, the better for me.:cool: Because, of course, its all about me!:)

Denny

I would like to see another early out buyout. Same conditions as LOA 14-05, but for 100 747 drivers and an additional 100 others. Would save a huge cascade of training events.

Piklepausepull

02-01-2017 12:45 PM

Word today in the puzzle palace was.....

A350 orders reduced to 8...

Only getting 40 A321...

Getting fewer(-40) 739....

Don't shoot the messenger!

80ktsClamp

02-01-2017 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Piklepausepull (Post 2292694)

Word today in the puzzle palace was.....

A350 orders reduced to 8...

Only getting 40 A321...

Getting fewer(-40) 739....

Don't shoot the messenger!

A week ago it was 15 A350s for sure. Delivery for the initial few are slow for several reasons.

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