Well, ASA is now on the way to being a "SUPER REGIONAL", and they have a reality show captain...so they must be the best in the world

 

I think it's funny that they are issuing PDA's to the Captains on the 70/90. The majority of the CAs can't even complete a load manifest. The FOs never lost their Wiz Wheels, so why not issue the PDAs to them? Ahhhh. That's right...... You are not trusted........ Remember, you aren't the CEO's of the Cockpit as Salvagiblow use to put it.

 

Haha... most of them are probably too old to even know how to use it!

I remember back when... blah blah blah shut up.

 

No more ShardMeisters?!?!?.......Nice

 

Thanks double D, you are my new hero!

 

With few airlines starting to hire like Jetblue, Delta and Airtran to name some, what are everyone's thoughts on the number of Comair guys that might be leaving for new gigs this year? Probably not a lot, but I would say the potential for 20 to 40 guys leave by years end if they get a shot somewhere else.

 

My guess: just about everyone in the 5-15 year seniority range and no more than 50 y.o. will apply for those jobs. These are the guys mostly affected by all the reshuffling of jobs and bases Comair (per Delta) has done, and will continue to do. Again just a guess, but if hired you may see more than 20-40 guys leave.

 

I'd say you are about right. I would be applying (if I ever get off ML) and I am 56 with 13 years at OH. The big question is how deep will the hiring be? So far at DL it's only 240 jobs, and they still have people on bypass.

 

DL is 305, just this year, and plans to continue into next year.

 

It won't surprise me if they hire more than the 240 they're advertising. Europe markets are slowly emerging (with the exception of Greece at the moment, and maybe a couple of other countries in the brink), and the CAL/UAL merger puts a damper on DL/NW hold on Asia and pretty much anything west of California. So my thinking is DL/NW my grow a bit more than portrayed (specially to compete in Asia). 240 will barely cover attrition.
Also I think other companies will "hire" for different reasons. One article I found interesting in the May issue of ATW had a paragraph stipulating how AA has a much larger amount of crew members over 60 than under 40. Talk about attrition when those folks have to retire. Airtran has begun to interview, and I think JetBlue is coming to that point also. Movement is coming.......again, just my opinions.
Anyhow Makers, are you from the west coast (CO, CA maybe), and if so, were you in a crashpad owned by RM from JetBlue?.