Delta bases
05-06-2010 | 01:59 PM
#21
Da Hudge
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From: Poodle Whisperer
KC10- you may be on to something, and my reasoning is this:
At the time the larger aircraft (I'm not goin to go so far as to say 767s to newhires again- yet) were being awarded to noobs, we were making a dramatic shift to widebody flying.
This same shift is apparently planned to occur again.
The first few classes will very likely end up with a mix of 88, 9, 320, and 73N slots.
I imagine NYC, DTW, and MSP will make up the majority of those slots, with possible ATL or LAX.
At the time the larger aircraft (I'm not goin to go so far as to say 767s to newhires again- yet) were being awarded to noobs, we were making a dramatic shift to widebody flying.
This same shift is apparently planned to occur again.
The first few classes will very likely end up with a mix of 88, 9, 320, and 73N slots.
I imagine NYC, DTW, and MSP will make up the majority of those slots, with possible ATL or LAX.
05-06-2010 | 02:03 PM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
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From: DAL Pilot
KC10- you may be on to something, and my reasoning is this:
At the time the larger aircraft (I'm not goin to go so far as to say 767s to newhires again- yet) were being awarded to noobs, we were making a dramatic shift to widebody flying.
This same shift is apparently planned to occur again.
The first few classes will very likely end up with a mix of 88, 9, 320, and 73N slots.
I imagine NYC, DTW, and MSP will make up the majority of those slots, with possible ATL or LAX.
At the time the larger aircraft (I'm not goin to go so far as to say 767s to newhires again- yet) were being awarded to noobs, we were making a dramatic shift to widebody flying.
This same shift is apparently planned to occur again.
The first few classes will very likely end up with a mix of 88, 9, 320, and 73N slots.
I imagine NYC, DTW, and MSP will make up the majority of those slots, with possible ATL or LAX.
05-06-2010 | 02:12 PM
#25
Gets Weekends Off
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From: 7ERB, no M88, no 7ER, no A320, NEXT!
KC10- you may be on to something, and my reasoning is this:
At the time the larger aircraft (I'm not goin to go so far as to say 767s to newhires again- yet) were being awarded to noobs, we were making a dramatic shift to widebody flying.
This same shift is apparently planned to occur again.
The first few classes will very likely end up with a mix of 88, 9, 320, and 73N slots.
I imagine NYC, DTW, and MSP will make up the majority of those slots, with possible ATL or LAX.
At the time the larger aircraft (I'm not goin to go so far as to say 767s to newhires again- yet) were being awarded to noobs, we were making a dramatic shift to widebody flying.
This same shift is apparently planned to occur again.
The first few classes will very likely end up with a mix of 88, 9, 320, and 73N slots.
I imagine NYC, DTW, and MSP will make up the majority of those slots, with possible ATL or LAX.
05-06-2010 | 02:52 PM
#26
Underboob King
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From: Guppy Commander
I disagree. The NWA pilot group isnt that hard up on commuting just to fly big metal. We have very senior pilots in dc9 and 320 spots because they choose to be for QOL.
05-06-2010 | 02:59 PM
#27
seeing the country...
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From: 73N A
Don't forget that with the 7ER flying comes 7ER reserve for the junior people, which can be a the bottom 20% or so when things are slow in the winter... International short-call is 24 hours long. Last month I got to enjoy a 0400 to 0400 reserve... It's always fun to sit in the crashpad 36 hours or so to cover 1 short call.
05-06-2010 | 03:04 PM
#28
Da Hudge
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From: Poodle Whisperer
05-06-2010 | 03:59 PM
#29
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On the last bid I couldn't get better than the 88. No way will a newbie see 320s, 73s or 67s. And no way will they see LAX or SLC, I can't get those now.
05-06-2010 | 04:02 PM
#30
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Since the last AE had around 40 fDAL guys who live in SLC get displaced to other bases due to the 90/320 swap, I doubt any newhires will get SLC for awhile. I think it will be awhile before newhires get something west of MSP. Hope I'm wrong, but we have lots of west coast guys that are now commuting east due to the displacements from the last couple of bids.
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