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Old 02-26-2023, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by likeitis View Post
Yup, I did something similar at every employer change but certainly not the depth that this person is and it was completely useless a year or two in each time.
Just do what we did, but save yourself some time. Just make it all up, skew it on the good side and then watch it all change. Either way it changes, at least this way it didn’t take any time to create.
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Old 02-26-2023, 10:21 AM
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Old 02-26-2023, 03:06 PM
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Ask any JetBlue pilot if he guessed 5 years ago that… we’d be shrinking everywhere to concentrate on being American Airline’s regional of choice in JFK, we’d be buying Spirit, we’re parking/not parking/parking the 190s, and flying 321s to London. And that a major pandemic temporarily sent hundreds of pilots back to the right seat. And that we’d lose 300 pilots a year to Delta and United.

I bet nobody bet everything on that guess. Heck, five years ago I bet nobody could even guess our 190 attrition rate or our 220 acceptance rate.
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Old 03-21-2023, 04:18 PM
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I heard JB muscled their way to some slots in Amsterdam!
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Old 03-21-2023, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Airwillystyle View Post
I heard JB muscled their way to some slots in Amsterdam!
https://twitter.com/ishriona/status/1638295594924900353?s=46&t=Xee16mMw2AwHw9KtJJn_Uw

we need LRs…badly
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Old 03-22-2023, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyby1206 View Post
https://twitter.com/ishriona/status/1638295594924900353?s=46&t=Xee16mMw2AwHw9KtJJn_Uw

we need LRs…badly
Too bad Schiphol is actually trying to kick airlines out of flying there.....

https://simpleflying.com/amsterdam-s...ts-12-percent/
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Old 03-22-2023, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by nene View Post
Too bad Schiphol is actually trying to kick airlines out of flying there.....

https://simpleflying.com/amsterdam-s...ts-12-percent/
Yeah I think these were some slots given up by FlyBe and will only be temporary, so who knows if it lasts
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Old 03-22-2023, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by nene View Post
Too bad Schiphol is actually trying to kick airlines out of flying there.....

https://simpleflying.com/amsterdam-s...ts-12-percent/
Yeah, that's the point. The basis of JB's complaint is that ACNL retiring slots as they become available violates the Open Skies Agreement.
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Old 03-25-2023, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Boomer View Post
Ask any JetBlue pilot if he guessed 5 years ago that… we’d be shrinking everywhere to concentrate on being American Airline’s regional of choice in JFK, we’d be buying Spirit, we’re parking/not parking/parking the 190s, and flying 321s to London. And that a major pandemic temporarily sent hundreds of pilots back to the right seat. And that we’d lose 300 pilots a year to Delta and United.

I bet nobody bet everything on that guess. Heck, five years ago I bet nobody could even guess our 190 attrition rate or our 220 acceptance rate.
5 years ago I would never have guessed we would be so over staffed in almost every seat and almost every base this severely either. If I would have foreseen this I would have been filling out my DL app then. I chose to stay because of the slim staffing model we traditionally have had that created opportunities to make up the gap in compensation with DL and UAL with Premium time / VDA / RSA opportunities. O well I guess I sit around grow a beard and worry about landing currency next month.
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Old 03-25-2023, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Boomer View Post
Ask any JetBlue pilot if he guessed 5 years ago that… we’d be shrinking everywhere to concentrate on being American Airline’s regional of choice in JFK, we’d be buying Spirit, we’re parking/not parking/parking the 190s, and flying 321s to London. And that a major pandemic temporarily sent hundreds of pilots back to the right seat. And that we’d lose 300 pilots a year to Delta and United.

I bet nobody bet everything on that guess. Heck, five years ago I bet nobody could even guess our 190 attrition rate or our 220 acceptance rate.
5 years ago I would never have guessed we would be so over staffed in almost every seat and almost every base.. I’ve never seen our staffing levels this high yet we continue to hire for airplanes we can’t even take delivery of. If I would have foreseen this I would have been filling out my DL app then. I chose to stay because of the slim staffing model we traditionally have had that created opportunities to make up the gap in compensation with DL and UAL with Premium time / VDA / RSA opportunities. O well I guess I sit around grow a beard and worry about landing currency next month.
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