Any info on a possible AE at Delta in May?
05-05-2008 | 11:08 AM
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Spoke to someone in planning today:
There will be a May AE, but it will only have 777 slots open, and there will be no backfilling. So unless you're bidding over to the 777, don't expect to move.
There will be another AE in either August or September, once they have solid Fall/Winter flying projections, and they will back fill then as necessary. There will also be a lot more 777 slots.
If you change aircraft on the 2nd (Fall) AE, expect to be in training early 2009.
There will be a May AE, but it will only have 777 slots open, and there will be no backfilling. So unless you're bidding over to the 777, don't expect to move.
There will be another AE in either August or September, once they have solid Fall/Winter flying projections, and they will back fill then as necessary. There will also be a lot more 777 slots.
If you change aircraft on the 2nd (Fall) AE, expect to be in training early 2009.
05-05-2008 | 01:13 PM
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Talked to crew planning today, they said no backfilling for any category on this AE. It will be strictly 777 slots. I'm not sure if that will help or hurt the domestic 757/767 guys. I'm thinking most of the movement will come from the ER and 400 categories. I guess with the suspension of hiring they don't want to create significant vacancies in any one category with no way of backfilling them.
05-05-2008 | 04:22 PM
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05-06-2008 | 08:53 PM
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I asked about "same aircraft - base swaps" on the May AE, and they said no... They will only be moving people over to the B777 and that's it. I'm not sure exactly why - they just said that they wouldn't be looking at anything else.
05-07-2008 | 03:18 AM
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There is no official word. The initial annoucement was a mix of jets. Mostly Maddogs and a few 757's plus I think one 767-300. All the jets in the annoucement have leases expiring in Aug. I heard that depending on how the negotiations go on the leases we could retire as many as 20 or as few as 0 jets. I am sure what oil does in the meantime will also have a big impact. If oil stays at 120 or more a barrel into the fall all bets are off for every airline. You will see a massive number of jets parked by everyone.
05-07-2008 | 03:21 AM
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Base Swaps have never been allowed at Delta. All bids are for vacancies. With 6 777's being added at the top there will be backfilling during the year. They have to maintain the contractual manning in each category and they don't get to pick who gets the bids. The backfilling may not occur on this bid but they will have to fill those openings on a clean up bid or the next bid after. As I posted before they just lost a grievance on this issue and paid out big money as a result.
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