Why all the "f" talk! Aren't we already worried about the ability to train guys when retirements start. Imagine the disaster if retirements hit simultaneously trying to bring guys back from furlough and train them.

 

My cousin works at the Alta lodge. Says the snow up there has been TERRIBLE this year.

 

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I agree. And that doesnt even include how much we contributed to the streamline merger that occurred.

 

I don't release the FO if he has never been there either... just FYI..

 

It's 52 degrees in Florida.. brrrrrrrrrrrr I had to dig around for a sweatshirt this morning.

 

NRT is going back tot he 744. That really leaves JND and DXB. DXB just went to a 24 hr layo.

I too find it hard to fathom them closing the 777 base in ATL, but I am not the one that started the discussion. I heard what Scambo heard, and from different people. It is more about diversifying our flying and moving things out of the ATL basket from what I was told. It has to do with the way the City of Atlanta played with the renegotiation of our leases, or so the story goes.

From what I could gather, and I did not ask too many questions, it was not going to be immediate. For that reason alone, I bet ti never happens. From what I hear there will be more seats pulled on the next bid. The 777 is doing MSP-NRT and similar markets. Its not that they are parking anything, they are just moving stuff around to maximize its benefit.

As for DTW and LAX from ATL on the 777, those are position flights. Once they get most of the MTC up and running in DTW on the 777, those two flights may not be needed.

The back end of that rumor was more interesting to me anyway. Go search what Scambo posted. That is the part that got me to respond, not that it was leaving ATL, it was what the long term plans were. (Long meaning five years)

I also took this as a purposeful leak. One that is to get out to certain people or organizations, not pilots, but airlines and airport boards. Its a message.

 

Prediction: When the fences come down... 747 to ATL... 777 to DTW. JMHO.. no inside information was used in this prediction.

 

Just as a heads up - I also finished my college on the 12+ year program and I can say that it was a MAJOR topic of discussion during my DL interview. Not finishing school in the traditional manner was a big red flag but I was prepared to talk about it - which was a good thing since a good chunk on the interview time was spent discussing it. I did have some things going for me though - I finished school strong (graduated with honors), and had advanced far at my regional airline (chief check airman, APD, etc.) and I think those things were able to offset my unusual collage path.

Congrats on finally getting it done and good luck!

 

Correct! Only our Pacific Theater qual requires entry only.

What he may have been thinking of was when we flew redeyes from JFK-BOG.

Then, flight ops policies were even if the crew was qualified, that there would be a third pilot for the JFK-BOG leg only due to the terrain, challenging arrival, etc all after a 5 hour redeye (a good idea I might add). Then, for awhile there was a bit of an underhanded "grease my skids" where LCAs and AQFOs were the only ones getting this deal (thus the deviate from DH go right back to ATL on the morning BOG-ATL flight scenario).

But these were not quals at all--just flight ops policies. ALPA quickly said, "uh, this should be available for all pilots, not just Flight Standards guys" so a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) was written up and these were actually put into the bid package.

Now we don't fly JFK-BOG all-nighters anyway so it is all a moot point.

But that was always a different animal from the inital BOG checkout which requires both an entry and exit from LCA/AQFO.