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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1005951)

I dunno. At the bottom the NWA DC9 pilots were integrated even with DAL 767 pilots. There are still quite a number of f-DAL pilots out of position for what their post merger seniority would hold in a stovepipe bid. The f-NWA pilots often bid to remain more senior in category. If pushed to bid something else the relatively senior pilots could displace up a category or three, starting some pretty radical displacement pin action. The unknown variable is the decision Delta will make on backfill positions.

Recall two bids ago it looked like a complete blood bath for Atlanta with a number of 76-5 and 767 positions going away, but, a reprieve was found by pooling extra pilots on the MD88 and staffing the 737 a little higher than projected.

These displacements are a real wild card.

I spent a lot of time looking at this at the time of the merger, and it looked like the fNWA pilots actually bid for the biggest piece of equipment they could hold. It was more blurry for the senior WB F/O's, some of whom went for QOL, but everyone else looked a lot more "stovepiped" than DAL. If you think about it, you're proving it when you say more DAL pilots were above their stovepipe level.

With that said, I think you're correct: this could go all kinds of directions, and the fact remains that the natural progression is towards categories that were not "stovepiped". The bases nearest large population centers of the country, i.e. ATL/LA/SEA/NYC are getting more senior, and the midwest is getting more junior.

Bid has only been out a few hours and already the number ahead of me for SEA 7ER has jumped 32 numbers! This is gonna be interesting. May just have to embrace a displacement!

Just remember the SEA weather sucks and the state has a real meth problem and and and....

Well you get my drift!

Anyone know how long the 24hr SC for Intl cat will take to switch to 12hr SC?

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Originally Posted by Express pilot (Post 1005966)

Anyone know how long the 24hr SC for Intl cat will take to switch to 12hr SC?

Assuming the regulation isn't preempted by congress, I think it has to be on the books by August 2011, and becomes effective in 2013.

I wouldn't give scheduling the finger, or get drunk at 12:30 into your SC yet.

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Originally Posted by FIIGMO (Post 1005964)

Bid has only been out a few hours and already the number ahead of me for SEA 7ER has jumped 32 numbers! This is gonna be interesting. May just have to embrace a displacement!

Huh ... same thing is happening in ATL with nearly nobody bidding the bus so far.

Net increase of 45 A330 CAPT positions system wide...good news resulting in some "flow-ups.". Maybe I'll stay on the A320 after all. ;)

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Originally Posted by FIIGMO (Post 1005964)

Bid has only been out a few hours and already the number ahead of me for SEA 7ER has jumped 32 numbers!

So any idea how senior that makes the junior person in SEA?

Kind of hard to say where some of the displaced junior guys are going to go. About 40 of the 50 most junior DTW320B's are in the bottom 100 of the master seniority list.

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Originally Posted by MoonShot (Post 1005985)

Kind of hard to say where some of the displaced junior guys are going to go. About 40 of the 50 most junior DTW320B's are in the bottom 100 of the master seniority list.

That's why I guess NYC 88B, but who knows?

Airbii, especially those based in ATL, are POS airplanes :o