Originally Posted by Grumpyaviator
(Post 2990825)
so other airlines don’t maintain their planes because they do red-eyes.
we tend to talk abut the impossibility of things that other places do routinely and have great success. |
Originally Posted by Grumpyaviator
(Post 2990831)
When we were in leadership training they said red eyes to support HI, but they would be red eyes from the west coast to the east coast to accommodate the HI flights arriving in CA in the evening.
Again. Don't hold your breath. |
Is ATL the most senior base today? I know this is old thread didn’t want to make a new one.
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Its up there. With MCO and PHX...
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Is there anyway to check the average age of pilots in a base? Obviously that changes, but would give you a rough idea what a base will look like xx years down the road. Will ATL be trending junior as ex-AIr Tran guys come up on retirement? Will Denver captain become way senior like United was for a long time as guys sit there for 20+ years? Etc, etc. Any way to roughly predict the future look of bases - outside of PHX and MCO which would seem to be perpetually senior as the old folks prep for their life post-SWA.
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Originally Posted by RckyMtHigh
(Post 3325738)
Is there anyway to check the average age of pilots in a base? Obviously that changes, but would give you a rough idea what a base will look like xx years down the road. Will ATL be trending junior as ex-AIr Tran guys come up on retirement? Will Denver captain become way senior like United was for a long time as guys sit there for 20+ years? Etc, etc. Any way to roughly predict the future look of bases - outside of PHX and MCO which would seem to be perpetually senior as the old folks prep for their life post-SWA.
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Originally Posted by RckyMtHigh
(Post 3325738)
Any way to roughly predict the future look of bases - outside of PHX and MCO which would seem to be perpetually senior as the old folks prep for their life post-SWA.
Here's my prediction. PHX - senior because when it opened, many pilots flocked there, who are now retiring. Phoenix doesn't have the same draw it once did, so as these pilots retire, it will return to a more average seniority level. ATL - senior because of the AirTran merger. Since all AirTran folks can hold ATL as an FO, it's no longer really senior for FOs like it was 5-6 years ago. Overtime as AirTran pilots retire, it will also return to a more average senroity level, but over a longer timeframe than Phoenix. MCO - will always be senior. What happens at MCO it that MDW/BWI Captains get near retirement, get tired of the cold, are empty nesters, and get tired of taxes. They decide to spend their final years in Florida. There are Captains at the bottom of the MCO list that haven't moved relatively in a long time, as more senior pilots bid in above them. DEN - Not to senior now, and due to it very likely becoming the largest domicile, will become some what more junior. Many pilots flocked to Denver when it opened, but it's not as attractive as it once was. |
Originally Posted by RckyMtHigh
(Post 3325738)
Is there anyway to check the average age of pilots in a base? Obviously that changes, but would give you a rough idea what a base will look like xx years down the road. Will ATL be trending junior as ex-AIr Tran guys come up on retirement? Will Denver captain become way senior like United was for a long time as guys sit there for 20+ years? Etc, etc. Any way to roughly predict the future look of bases - outside of PHX and MCO which would seem to be perpetually senior as the old folks prep for their life post-SWA.
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PHX for junior FO?
I'm hearing contradicting info and was hoping someone could help me with something concrete.
Is there any way to predict how long a new FO would have to wait for PHX? Is LAX likely available in lieu of PHX out of class? LAS? I have heard PHX is senior, but I think some of those statements are for Captains, I am trying to figure it out for a new FO. Thanks for any help with this. |
Originally Posted by Sparrowhwk
(Post 3325949)
I'm hearing contradicting info and was hoping someone could help me with something concrete.
Is there any way to predict how long a new FO would have to wait for PHX? Is LAX likely available in lieu of PHX out of class? LAS? I have heard PHX is senior, but I think some of those statements are for Captains, I am trying to figure it out for a new FO. Thanks for any help with this. |
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