Yeah, MAX deliveries have restarted again. Expecting 3-5 MAX deliveries in the next month.

 

the short version is that vacancies need to be there in order to be able to hire people. current pilots get a shot at the vacancies, then whatever is left over can be offered to new hires, but they’re only good for a period of time.

so, we need at least another vacancy after this one to make it through the end of year hiring.

 

Am I crazy? Where are the LAX spots on the snapshot?

 

No ORD 320 CA either.

Cool.

 

The snapshot got cut off after IAH. Will most likely be fixed on the next one. You can see where you'd be on today's snapshot if it were complete by going to todays category summary.

 

All but 30 of the CA upgrades would need to be backfilled by FO vacancies so add another 100 to that number.

 

consistency and integrity have no place on apc...begone, insightful, accurate commentary!

 

Ever since Crew Resources had a change in management the quality control of the spreadsheets that get released by them has dropped off considerably. Everything from the Category Summary, Base Trade spreadsheet, G line and now Vacancy Snapshot are just not quite right. Some employee or intern could use some MS Office refresher skills.😎

 

Work from home holidays begin the day before a recognized holiday as establish in paragraph WTF-1.a.2.F.u

in contract parlance we got wt effed.

HAPPY FOURTH 👍

 

What do we think the odds are of another vacancy bid this year with NB vacancies?

Reason is, as an SFO resident currently commuting to IAH Guppy FO reserve, I want out of IAH yesterday. So I'm thinking of bidding SFO / LAX / LAS / DEN FO, to make my commute easier. I'm optimistic I'd get DEN FO, given the 100 open spots. Maybe LAX if I'm really lucky. Commuting long-call to DEN should be easier than to IAH, esp. given that I live next to OAK airport and SWA has lots of OAK-DEN options. Although in the winter I suppose IAH would be easier just because of the better weather? Maybe?

On the other hand, I really want SFO Guppy CA. If I bid that and get it, I'd go to training in summer '25. But I'd have to wait till the next vacancy bid to try for a lateral transfer out of IAH as an FO. So I'm tempted to bid for SFO CA, but place it after LAX or DEN FO, just so I get LAX or DEN FO now and make my commute easier. On the other hand, I don't want to miss out on the SFO CA opportunities. But I guess with SFO growing the 737, there should be more CA opportunities in the future, right?

And yes, I do recognize how incredible it is that a guy with 3 months on property can even have these options. My last trip was with a CA who'd been furloughed twice ('01 hire). What a different kind of career experience he's had. Conversely I just bumped into a CA who looked about 25 yo (and probably was.) What a world we live in...