I think they should sell “Crew First Landing” discounted tickets 😜

They still tell lies, only now they do it in full collusion with the proper authorities. Normally aspirated engines are dead there now, because smaller engines with turbos are "greener", even when they are only more efficient in laboratory conditions that do not jive with real world driving at all. So if you drive a car spirited (like most people do with lots of German cars) then you're actually using more fuel in real life. Kind of like how they "lied" with their fake green alternative energy mandates only to see their utility bills skyrocket and their CO2 increase and they are turning back to coal for part of the solution.

Dieselgate was nothing in comparison.

True, but in many cases the company's hands are tied on that because of how the CBA is worded. Not all retirements are stovepiped by age and sometimes giving the pilot bypass pay that clearly makes sense (due to time remaining) also results in giving several others the bypass pay for years.

Not seeing how that is required by contract. 22.E.13 talks about bypassing. It says within 2 years of retirement, you may be bypassed if all pilots with earlier normal retirement dates on that AE and same training requirements are bypassed.

How does this trigger any bypasses for junior pilots?

Take a look at the daily coverage DTW350A today.

I don't know if one of them broke or what, but they are equipment subbing a 777 to cover the A350 DTW-NRT flight today and tomorrow. I've also seen that happening on the ATL-ICN flight once in a while.

I don't know if it's a MX issue or a shortage of trained A350 pilots.

Not junior pilots....younger pilots. Say they bypass a 64 year old. Then they would have to bypass everyone senior to him, even if that senior pilot is only 54. That’s the biggest reason you see some head scratchers with lack of bypass.

IMHO that need to change. The company should be able to bypass someone who is within two year (or whatever they decide) of retirement without having to bypass everyone senior to them.

Sorry for being obstinate, but that's not what the contract says. It states that if you are within 2 years of retirement, you can only be displaced if all pilots with earlier normal retirement dates are displaced. Doesn't make any mention about one's seniority.

Look at the last AE: DTW 350A, no. 444 was bypassed, yet no.125 is going to training.

Good on the one gentleman. GS #4.
My quick math tells me this is a 50K+ month!

I’m guessing more like $92k+