Everyone has their axe to grind, I have mine with certain other groups that I feel are below par to what I am accustomed too, not going to name them publicly but they do exist. Trying to get someone to come around and see your way of doing things is just about as hard as getting California to vote Republican.

FWIW - Last flight ops dept. Ive had dealings with was in shock and disbelief when things such as "one engined taxi" and "auto-throttles" were mentioned as fuel saving measures. Mountains were moved to do what OAs did for decades only to be crapped on when someone decided a certain airfield in the state of Florida was unsafe to operate out of except on the most sunny clear/calm of days. Nevermind the fact that subsidiary A and competitor B for years had absolutely no problems nor reputations for being unsafe. Nevermind that the pilot group and data supported a different decision. Never in my life had I wanted line pilots to stage a coup and take over a department that assumed less risk than a 45 year old accountant living in suburban Indianapolis driving a 4 year old Honda Accord. Frustrating to say the least.

 

627 should be here in around next months end. I can fill you guys in on the inaugural if anyone is interested.

As an interesting statistic (latest public data) - 2Q14 vs. 2Q13 we are scheduled to run 2,406 more departures (around +27 per day) offering almost 450,000 more seats while flying 567 million more ASMs.

 

Numbers are impressive, and I hope that it's all accompanied with some infrastructure and logistics investments.

 

Anyone else notice that on the latest vacancy bulletin that newhire and upgrade classes projected are getting smaller? Is this part of a summer slowdown or is it because deliveries are slow till the end of the year?

 

I think it has to do with the deliveries being packed at the end of the year.

 

I heard that its also due to an OE backlog too.

 

The last new hire class was told to expect ORD to get the most growth but to expect also a base consolidation by the end of the year...

 

Take your picks, ACY or DTW??

Guaranteed uproar either way

 

If true and I don't see why not, it will sure get ugly...

 

I can't see how closing any base at this point helps our operation. FAR 117 favors more bases if anything. If I had to guess, folding ACY into FLL makes the most sense and will cost the company the least money. Make all those ACY-Florida turns into days 2 and 3 of a FLL four day trip. To add to the rumor, anyone notice that the company changed the location of the 'backup OCC' from Egg Harbor Twp, NJ to ORD Terminal 3 in the FOM? Foreboding?