Originally Posted by Free Bird (Post 723361)

In other words FNWA metal is going away sooner than expected and said pilots will be absorbed by AE into ATL?

Warm or Cold?

Originally Posted by Check Essential (Post 723355)

The worst part is they can't post awards til after SOC (Jan 1?).
This is going to be a long, tense wait.

Happy New Year. Welcome to Detroit.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 723368)

Cold... more to do with their staffing. The parking of the 9's isnt helping though.

Originally Posted by Free Bird (Post 723361)

In other words FNWA metal is going away sooner than expected and said pilots will be absorbed by AE into ATL?

Warm or Cold?

Originally Posted by 135TOAD (Post 723356)

Let's go to Guam, it's a low hanging fruit. With the increased presence of US military, the total population of Guam is expected to increase by 25% by 2014. CAL is pulling back so let's go get it!

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 723212)

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Bar;
I had actually heard a little different version.

What I heard was that GUM was an emerging opportunity since air micronesia (CAL) was in pullback mode and DAL saw that as an opportunity to fill the void. Additionally, the GUM operation would dovetail well with asia hub operations. The GUM as fallback (to NRT) option was something I have only seen in this thread.

FWIW, it doesn't mean I heard correctly, but what I have posted makes more sense to me.

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I am still interested in hearing ACL's surprise in the AE. None of my contacts have any idea what it might be - if anything. A PM would be nice so I can rebalance my displacement preferences.

scambo

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 723216)

Scambo,

I've heard the same and just to add, the other NRT rumor is that we need to fill freighter slots, ergo 737s for really small markets that Cal is pulling back from.

Interesting times out here,
Ferd

Originally Posted by 135TOAD (Post 723356)

Let's go to Guam, it's a low hanging fruit. With the increased presence of US military, the total population of Guam is expected to increase by 25% by 2014. CAL is pulling back so let's go get it!

Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 723387)

Who gets trained first again? AE's in seniority then MD's in reverse seniority, right???

Originally Posted by Superpilot92 (Post 723383)

CAL is pulling back, and they arent in SKYTEAM anymore therefore DAL has lost its feed and codeshare ability in GUM. This is a great time for us to ramp up GUM and set up shop.

Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 723389)

AE's in seniority, VD's in seniority, MD's in reverse seniority.