Vacancy 26-09 (WB’s are back like the McRib)
04-12-2026 | 02:38 PM
#101
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I can’t see any of those getting parked, or even the newer LCAL 757’s. Still a lot of life left in those birds (especially the LCAL 777’s), and a paid off airplane can be wildly profitable even if its hourly operating cost is higher than the latest and greatest. Just look at Delta, it’s almost their identity . Look how long they held on to their MD-80’s.
Delta owns a refinery, which during cheap oil times may or may not be worth the headache, but during expensive oil times it significantly insulates them from the jet-fuel crack spread which allows them to operate fuel guzzlers at a much better margin than UA. However in this fiasco it is within the realm of possibility that oil is going to go so high that demand destruction obliterates refining margins for DL.
That assumed something like $60/barrel oil and a growing economy.
Give it about a month but I think you’ll see some more concrete capacity reductions based on the price of jet fuel and the potential shortage of it. I would bet United starts parking the 757-200 and 767-300 sooner than planned.
Give it about a month but I think you’ll see some more concrete capacity reductions based on the price of jet fuel and the potential shortage of it. I would bet United starts parking the 757-200 and 767-300 sooner than planned.
04-12-2026 | 05:35 PM
#102
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That assumed something like $60/barrel oil and a growing economy.
Give it about a month but I think you’ll see some more concrete capacity reductions based on the price of jet fuel and the potential shortage of it. I would bet United starts parking the 757-200 and 767-300 sooner than planned.
Give it about a month but I think you’ll see some more concrete capacity reductions based on the price of jet fuel and the potential shortage of it. I would bet United starts parking the 757-200 and 767-300 sooner than planned.
04-13-2026 | 01:07 PM
#107
off weekends (if Reserve)
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We start at First Year pay and during this period we are often labeled “a first year FO” but that’s when we’ve been here for zero years.
I’m not sure what’s the correct nomenclature but the bigger picture of the relative juniority is most surprising to me.
04-13-2026 | 01:43 PM
#109
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Better seniority progression would be my guess. The g lines between the two in EWR are nearly a decade apart. That 10 year seniority difference doesn’t get you much in terms of the quality of a line either.
04-13-2026 | 01:44 PM
#110
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learning 5 different airplanes for a measly boost in pay. Stagnant AF. Crappy flying when you’re junior, which you will be for much longer than 737. I certainly have considered it, but it’s not worth the jump.
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