You need to look at the big picture. We have 13 787 deliveries in less than twelve month. The next 8 are initially (temporarily) going to IAH. On paper, IAH has a lot of 787 pilots. In reality, many are 737 Captains that need to be trained. I doubt the company can train them, plus additional displacements, in time to cover the new IAH flying. Reason being, the system can't afford to lose that many 737 captains overnight. New capt's in other bases must be trained first. So, there will be a lag in training the Iah 787 fo's. The slack will be picked up by SFO and lax. Notice that they are only asking for 5 new 787 IAh Capts on this bid. IAH can't cover the flying.

Why not just open more vacancies in IAh? Because, long term, they don't plan to run that many 787 routes out of Iah. What you will see is the staffing adjust to the amount of displaced 737 Captains in IAH. Figure another 40 go to 787 FO. Now you have enough crews in Iah to cover an additional 3 routes over what is there today. So, dh SFO crews to IAH and/or create W trips and have them cover the temporary staffing issue. Sometime next year they will open up additional flying in SFO and reduce some of the flying in IAH. When their happens they will not have surplus crews in IAH and SFO will have the staffing to handle the additional flying.

 

I think you are on drugs. There are too many IAH 737 Capts. The sooner they get on the 787, the better, according to Howie. Not me.

 

So they are going to gut the IAH 777 flying and replace it with Sparkie then promptly reduce the Sparkie flying all within 12-18 months? I think I see why the phrase "the big picture" invokes eye rolls industry wide.

 

Huge IAH 777 bump coming down the road? LOL. You heard it hear first. Just kidding, but NOTHING would surprise me.

 

Any reason why this vacancy is having issues putting out snapshots?


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having issues with Fences is what i've heard… but could be the same IT department issues we've been having.

 

A little fencing reason

 

It's out finally. Looks like a fence thing as advertised.


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New snapshot is out and quite a few sUAL 787 FO awards. And LAX went way senior.

 

But who wants to fly with a bunch of filthy scabs?