Pinnacle Displacements
09-20-2008 | 03:01 PM
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as of right now there will be no furloughs. we even have new hire classes running right now, and they are still interviewing. what i see this as is a way for them to get people to move to the delta side faster. they must have looked at the standing bids for people and realized there aren't enough who want to go to altanta/cvg. so the best way to do it is eliminate ca slots on the nwa side. like SE said on the pinnacle boards it all depends on the next vacancy for atlanta. all the captains that are going to get displaced will have first dibbs on the atl captain spots. i am willing to bet that the company is hoping that the guys that get displaced will go straight for the atlanta captain spots.
09-20-2008 | 03:38 PM
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Airsupport that is what I have heard too. I've also heard that will be a another ATL vacancy bid opening up very soon. The reason for all this (again from what I am hearing) is that the 900 fleet size will increase by 4 in October, 4 in November, and 2 in December. As it stands now we do not have enough aircraft to support the the awarded flying by mid-October. I certainly hope this is the scenario.
09-20-2008 | 03:50 PM
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Airsupport that is what I have heard too. I've also heard that will be a another ATL vacancy bid opening up very soon. The reason for all this (again from what I am hearing) is that the 900 fleet size will increase by 4 in October, 4 in November, and 2 in December. As it stands now we do not have enough aircraft to support the the awarded flying by mid-October. I certainly hope this is the scenario.
09-20-2008 | 04:14 PM
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and if you happen to read the displacement bid, it states training to start in november. that puts the capt.s on line by early december. much earlier than upgrade pilots because all we have to do is differences and a few sims. I do not see the "F" bomb being dropped. I hope for all of us I never have to eat those words.
09-20-2008 | 06:39 PM
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After reading all of this, It seems to me that this pathetically cheap operating comany that we call Pinnacle does not want to upgrade more captains than they need, they would rather displace them from other bases. It doesnt make much sense because displacing costs a lot too. They are still hiring and they have a lot of people in the pool. Differences training costs less than upgrade training so that is there way to do it.
09-20-2008 | 06:40 PM
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Your standing bid is CA but I don't think they would upgrade you to bump a more junior CA in MEM would they? isn't the point is to move some CA out of MEM, DTW and MSP. Or are you saying that if some guys in MEM moves back to the right seat you won't be bumped out of MEM.
09-20-2008 | 06:42 PM
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After reading all of this, It seems to me that this pathetically cheap operating comany that we call Pinnacle does not want to upgrade more captains than they need, they would rather displace them from other bases. It doesnt make much sense because displacing costs a lot too. They are still hiring and they have a lot of people in the pool. Differences training costs less than upgrade training so that is there way to do it.
09-20-2008 | 06:57 PM
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After reading all of this, It seems to me that this pathetically cheap operating comany that we call Pinnacle does not want to upgrade more captains than they need, they would rather displace them from other bases. It doesnt make much sense because displacing costs a lot too. They are still hiring and they have a lot of people in the pool. Differences training costs less than upgrade training so that is there way to do it.
09-20-2008 | 07:05 PM
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and dont worry guys, if there is a furlough here, I'm willing to bet it wont last more than 3 months, and in that time you can work at Home Depot and make twice as much, and be home every night with your family. Think of it as a mini vacation.
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