maxblast72
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You are correct in the September bid packs had some high LVI's. However, there is also a ton of reserve lines on both airplanes (more than I have seen in my 4 years at Airtran).Guys are on the street with the highest credit lines I have ever seen here, and a ton of open time. I am thinking I will be back in November. Or am I wrong about these values?
We don't know how much open time there is going to be next month yet. The 3000 hrs plus open time for September you see now is for the SAP process and will be gone when the buildup lines are built on the 28th. I would be very surprised if any reserve pilot blocks over 40 hours next month.
Would be very surprised to see recalling in 2 months as all the downgrade/transition training won't even be complete until Christmas. I believe our union president has seen the company's monthly block hour projections through next summer. He said maybe a few recalls next spring for the summer flying season (attrition to Southwest, Netjets, Middle East could increase those recalls). Other than that, no new airframes until 2010, which would probably require some recalls in spring 2010 for the summer flying season and beyond.
I hope I am wrong. I just flew the last leg of a 4 day trip with a guy who was probably flying his last flight in the 717. Also, we had a jumpseater who is 4 numbers from the bottom of the whole list. The uncertainty of everything is probably what sucks the most. When I flew my last trip on the 727 seven years ago before our company ceased operations, at least I knew there was a 99.9% chance that we were never going to fly for that company again.