Delta is getting ready to hire!!!

[General Lee]

Lets just see what plans they actually pull the triggers on. If it is anything close to this, ATL will get real senior.

I figured that. CVG will also get senior when they dump the ER time. I see mass evacuations out of DTW, and maybe a small amount out of MSP, but it seems those MN people love it up there. I bet the AUG bid in 2010 will be a real disrupter too.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[nwaf16dude]

I live in SC, and have been considering bidding in to ATL, but I've pretty much decided to stay in DTW. It's really not that bad of a commute as long as you're not on reserve. I think my relative seniority is going to skyrocket there compared to what it would do in ATL.

 

[General Lee]

I keep hearing numbers like 800 NWA guys live in FLA, and a few hundred in the ATL area also. For those guys living in FLA, DAL-S also has hundreds of pilots living there who commute to ATL, and most of the time the choices are DL and Airtran, and maybe even an RJ on DL. I think many have changed to JFK as a base since JB and others fly almost hourly up there. It will be interesting, no doubt.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I figured that. CVG will also get senior when they dump the ER time. I see mass evacuations out of DTW, and maybe a small amount out of MSP, but it seems those MN people love it up there. I bet the AUG bid in 2010 will be a real disrupter too.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Things can change, but it sounded like they are keeping the ER time in CVG until at least the AUG 2010 bid.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I live in SC, and have been considering bidding in to ATL, but I've pretty much decided to stay in DTW. It's really not that bad of a commute as long as you're not on reserve. I think my relative seniority is going to skyrocket there compared to what it would do in ATL.

I agree, and am looking at the jets in MSP and DTW. It would mean a commute, but it it is better than sitting reserve on the 88 in ATL. That is one brutal position to be in. I know I am in the minority, but I would prefer to commute to a 320 line than a 70 hr reserve line where I fly 69.5 hrs over 18 days.

 

[nwaf16dude]

I'm still watching it from my last month of mil leave, but it looks like guys around my seniority (10600ish) are getting 75+ hour blocks with 16-17 days off in DTW and MSP. I'd probably lose a couple more days to the commute, but that sounds pretty reasonable.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Here are the pilot numbers by state.

Premeger DAL
2345 in GA
597 in FL

Premerger NWA
76 in GA
342 in FL
10 in AL
215 in TN
112 in OH
72 in NC
29 KY
27 SC
20 in LA

 

[ACL65PILOT]

I'm still watching it from my last month of mil leave, but it looks like guys around my seniority (10600ish) are getting 75+ hour blocks with 16-17 days off in DTW and MSP. I'd probably lose a couple more days to the commute, but that sounds pretty reasonable.

That is on the 320 correct?

 

[nwaf16dude]

Yes, A320. I think MSP is actually a little less senior on the 320, but I haven't really paid too close attention to msp because it's a much harder commute for me.

 

[Superpilot92]

I keep hearing numbers like 800 NWA guys live in FLA, and a few hundred in the ATL area also. For those guys living in FLA, DAL-S also has hundreds of pilots living there who commute to ATL, and most of the time the choices are DL and Airtran, and maybe even an RJ on DL. I think many have changed to JFK as a base since JB and others fly almost hourly up there. It will be interesting, no doubt.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Per the DAL 44 demographics update there is only 342 DAL-N pilots that live in FL and 76 in GA

DAL-S has 597 pilots that live in FLA and 2345 pilots that live in GA.

FWIW