What are the next dates after March 17th? Is there going to be a March 31 class or will the next one be April 7th?

Thanks

 

No, it's all about fences. Fence the 777s. The Delta pilots move up to the 757/767 based on openings created by the additional crews needed for the 777s. Then that opens up the M-88s which the diplaced DC-9 guys can go to.


Not that it will really happen that way.

 

Then bring all the E-175's and CRJ 900's to mainline and we can continue to hire 500+ per year to fill those airplanes instead of SkyWest, Pinnacle, Compass, Mesa, and Republic hiring 500+ per year to fill them.

 

Now that is an idea that I think we can all get behind!

 

Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Oh Fences....As an NWA pilot I'm thinking DOH...gonna be interesting. As a 1987 hire at NWA I'd look good in the left seat of a 777

 

Good idea, though the Company doesn't want mainline pilots to fly the RJs. It's never been the mainline pilots refusal to fly the RJs. If companies could outsource mainline flying they'd do it. Pilots are overhead they'd just assume outsource

 

reddog,

as a 1987 hire at nwa, what can you hold at nwa? Just wondering the current difference.

 

LEAD Flight Attendant on the DC-9...........

 

I'm a Delta 1987 hire flying international (relatively senior in category), and am hoping that this merger doesn't happen at all. Even relative seniority will favor the Northwest guys, as our fleet is more skewed to larger aircraft. That being said, I don't expect any thing but relative seniority. Anything more would cause NWALPA to kill the deal; anything less would cause DALPA to kill the deal (if that is, in fact, possible).

I would expect that the DC9s and 747-200s will be parked soon after the merger, and that even the 747-400s could be dumped in favor of 777s. Richard Andersen has said that he doesn't want the initial version of the 787; could that order be in jeopardy? On the other hand, I see very little chance that Delta will not get the 737s, 757s, and 777s it has coming.

One possible wild card would be the existence of dormant Asian route authorities. If those exist, they might provide enough growth to offset the loss of the older airframes, and provide a reason to acquire more airframes.

This merger may be a good thing for the shareholders, but I worry that it's not good for either pilot group's career progression.