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Originally Posted by Martin404
(Post 593897)
Does that mean more 88's are going to the desert? (Or as we used to call it... USAir's Mojave hub!)
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ACL,
Have you heard how many 320's may replace the 90's in SLC? I'm hoping at least enough to minimize the damage for current 90 guys getting booted out of the base. Are they also looking at moving all the 88/90's out of CVG to MSP? |
Originally Posted by RockyBoy
(Post 593905)
ACL,
Have you heard how many 320's may replace the 90's in SLC? I'm hoping at least enough to minimize the damage for current 90 guys getting booted out of the base. Are they also looking at moving all the 88/90's out of CVG to MSP? So in a answer, I see it being equal. I do see some 767/757 jets being moved out though. Zero sum though. |
Originally Posted by acl65pilot
(Post 593900)
Well route management does not want to park them. They want the 90's as a growth aircraft. Flt Ops seems to think that given the current restrictions on hiring et al that the 90's need to be one for one with the 88's.
That said, the Route guys always get what they want, and I am sure there is some sort of a power struggle going one. We need bodies and they do not want to hire. Well, if we do not hire, something has got to give. That or, we need to give in and hire to operate the planes route wants to put on given markets. They would love the 90's ( not 900's the MD-90) to replace 50 seat jets on a 2 for 1 type of deal. ( 1 MD-90 for two 50 seat jets to the desert) Got it. I did not want to confuse nor alarm people. Good info ACL! Thanks for the info.. By the way... has any A-320's been painted yet? |
Originally Posted by Martin404
(Post 593919)
Good info ACL! Thanks for the info..
By the way... has any A-320's been painted yet? |
Originally Posted by Martin404
(Post 593919)
Good info ACL! Thanks for the info..
By the way... has any A-320's been painted yet? |
Originally Posted by acl65pilot
(Post 593900)
Well route management does not want to park them. They want the 90's as a growth aircraft. Flt Ops seems to think that given the current restrictions on hiring et al that the 90's need to be one for one with the 88's.
That said, the Route guys always get what they want, and I am sure there is some sort of a power struggle going one. We need bodies and they do not want to hire. Well, if we do not hire, something has got to give. That or, we need to give in and hire to operate the planes route wants to put on given markets. They would love the 90's ( not 900's the MD-90) to replace 50 seat jets on a 2 for 1 type of deal. ( 1 MD-90 for two 50 seat jets to the desert) Got it. I did not want to confuse nor alarm people. |
Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy
(Post 593936)
If you read the latest chat with RA, he was asked about the MD-90s. He was very positive about two deals being made by the end of the year.
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The F Word
With all this talk about needing pilots it sounds like the Furlough talk might be a thing of the past? At least for now? Or is there another option we, or we at the bottom, should be concerned with?
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Well Weed,
We are going to see a surplus of pilots this next winter there is no doubt about that. After SOC there are going to be so many inefficiencies with DHing crew to where the planes are until they can get the crews rebased, that they really are not looking at furloughs. It cannot be taken off the table ever, but right now, there are bigger things to deal with. Like combining two groups of pilots and airplanes. It takes a lot of time and money to get pilots in to the correct positions for a company to furlough. So in short not now, but not never. ;) |
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