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#58021

JungleBus , 01-25-2011 07:08 PM

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Wow. Basically, everything you know is wrong:

The death of DCI has been greatly exaggerated.
No hapless newhires to bail you out of reserve in 2011.
The fog is getting thicker...and Memphis is getting LARGER!
Nothing will be done to avoid a repeat of Snowmageddon, Yuletide Edition.
Delta IT is sprinting ahead of the Amish by leaps and bounds!

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Originally Posted by JobHopper

MEM Base Meeting notes:

Summer flying increase: "Leaning towards" using mainline vs codeshare to provide two-class service

Hiring: no new hires budgeted in 2011. Might change once 2012 numbers are projected later this year

IROP lesson: larger bases more able to recover. Therefore, MEM will see more reserves in the future, DTW/MSP less.

ATL: needs 25 ice pads to accomodate last Christmas storm. Not gonna happen. Getting two more tops.

New Flight Planning software: RFP already out. Possible decision this Spring.

Technology in general: substantive changes should start showing up this summer. Moving to paperless and ease of use. Would like total revamp within 3 years.

#58022

JobHopper , 01-25-2011 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JungleBus

Just telling you what they said.

#58023

georgetg , 01-25-2011 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by johnso29

I think you need to understand why I posted what I did. Someone was concerned that Skywest becoming a Alaska Express carrier opened the door for flying to be lost if they began to operate CRJ1000, C Series, or EMB190's. This is NOT allowed under our agreement.

I'm not arguing that the AS Codeshare doesn't hurt us. I was merely clearing up a misunderstanding.

I got 'cha Johnso...

Even if AS were permitted those AC (they're not) the seats available for DL code would be capped at 50%. In other words, a 70 seat RJ can produce a max of 35 "Delta" seats flying for AS...

Cheers
George

#58024

JobHopper , 01-25-2011 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LIOG41

So no new hiring this year?

It was pretty clear everyone believes we will need more pilots. However, flt ops needs hard numbers to make a convincing argument to the company to foot the bill, and that probably will not happen until the 2012 forecast is published. Part of the problem is that there are no hard numbers on the Age 60+ retirement figures; it's too soon to see a real trend. If everyone bails at 62 or 63 we will need more sooner than later, but no one knows for sure if that will happen.

#58025

johnso29 , 01-25-2011 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by georgetg

I got 'cha Johnso...

Even if AS were permitted those AC (they're not) the seats available for DL code would be capped at 50%. In other words, a 70 seat RJ can produce a max of 35 "Delta" seats flying for AS...

Cheers
George

Exactly. I just wanted to extinguish the fire before the flames got fanned.

#58026

johnso29 , 01-25-2011 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by LIOG41

So no new hiring this year?

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Originally Posted by JobHopper

Which is exactly how it went before 2010 hiring. 2011 hiring is most defenitely a possibility.

#58027

80ktsClamp , 01-25-2011 08:43 PM

Da Hudge

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Originally Posted by johnso29

Which is exactly how it went before 2010 hiring. 2011 hiring is most defenitely a possibility.

Yep... they won't admit to it until it is posted. We hire the previous year for the next year's flying.

#58028

DeadHead , 01-26-2011 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Columbia

Why does Joe Biden keep digging for treasures in his ear?

That's kinda weird the crap usually comes out of his mouth, not out of his nose

#58029

Elvis90 , 01-26-2011 04:24 AM

On Reserve

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Originally Posted by johnso29

Which is exactly how it went before 2010 hiring. 2011 hiring is most defenitely a possibility.

I'll repeat what Jim Graham said in Sept 2010: 300-600 new hires in 2011. Just two weeks ago the last proposal sent forward was 800. If there is a 1-3% capacity increase, there will be an increase in pilots.

We'd hire this fall for the Summer 2012 schedule.

#58030

acl65pilot , 01-26-2011 04:45 AM

Happy to be here

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Originally Posted by Elvis90

Exactly what I heard about three to four months ago.