Nearly 70 discplacements at NWA

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05-21-2008 | 06:36 AM

Rotorhead

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Nearly 70 discplacements at NWA

Unfortunately, lots of first time DC-9 CA's going back to their old seat and a few DC-9 new hires displaced to the whale.

05-21-2008 | 11:58 AM

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I assume thats the endangered Alaskan non winglet Whale as a flight engineer, because if not, that would be an ideal displacement.

All joking aside, that sucks sorry to hear it guys.

05-21-2008 | 03:56 PM

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Unfortunately, lots of first time DC-9 CA's going back to their old seat and a few DC-9 new hires displaced to the whale.

Really no suprise though, we knew it was coming because they announced going down to 58 DC9s by the end of the year.

05-21-2008 | 05:27 PM

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Really no suprise though, we knew it was coming because they announced going down to 58 DC9s by the end of the year.

Exactly...the reductions are for September, when the summer flying schedule is winding down and the DC9s that were already announced to be going away start doing just that.

05-21-2008 | 05:44 PM

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So are they gonna be FE's now?

05-21-2008 | 06:12 PM

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So are they gonna be FE's now?

A few guys at the bottom got displaced to the panel but the majority of the displacements were CA displacements. Most of those CA's went right seat in the 757 or 320.

05-21-2008 | 06:42 PM

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What happened to the FE's that were already there....and the FO's that were already on the 757 and 320?

05-21-2008 | 07:12 PM

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What happened to the FE's that were already there....and the FO's that were already on the 757 and 320?

Retirements and shifting have opened those positions further. Hiring has stopped so any retirement is now a net loss with no replacement. Retirements are still happening and even when we were hiring the retirements were outpacing the hiring. Supposedly the hiring that was done already took into consideration the aircraft retirements. I guess we will see huh.

05-21-2008 | 10:58 PM

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I don't know what all the fuss is about, FE in the whale is the best. I've flown 7 legs in 2 1/2 months and the trips are all one legs maybe two on a bad day. Plus its international to Asia. You'll love the fishing up here right now and the snow machining in the winter. Welcome aboard!!