AlbieF15
F15 Ret/FDX/InterviewPrep
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- Nov 25, 2001
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Goose...I do hope you are right. And I'm not trying to joust with you on this issue. But...if you take 700 or so retirements on the books for the next 5 years, take a look at our 2nd officer positions. Seems like about 200+ on the -10 and about 350 on the 727. As we replace those jets with 2-man crewed jets a lot of the bodies will be absorbed as guys retire out of the system. Some guys will stay on the panel until the bitter end (LCAs and over 60, etc), so by my math I see a right seat in few years, but stuck at the bottom and not moving anywhere fast....if we don't grow.
You are correct in assuming growth in international is our biggest hope. A model manning for a domestic jet is about 5 crews/jet, but an international workhorse like the MD 11 goes at 8-9 crews per plane. Bottom line is 10% increase in international flying will bring more guys on line than a similar domestic increase.
Postal contract? Who knows? I know we do a great job and the customer is satisfied, so that has to be worth something on the next round. SWA, JB, and FedEx all have great customer service as part of their product definition, and folks generally like our service. As long as we take care of job one we should have work to do.
Again...love the place, love the job, and work with a great bunch of guys. Maybe swinging and missing the ANC MD11 by 50 numbers or so so many times has beaten me down. Maybe there is another hiring wave on the back side of our new contract--I hope so! I've heard the rumors of "good news around the corner" and "European domicile" and a bunch of other ones lately, so maybe we will all end up advancing before too long. In the meantime, I don't complain about my "stagnating" upgrade flow in front of all my furloughed buddies at the guard. Just having a job today is something to be thankful for...
Now go find us some more juicy rumors from your MEM contacts. We are all ready to listen!
You are correct in assuming growth in international is our biggest hope. A model manning for a domestic jet is about 5 crews/jet, but an international workhorse like the MD 11 goes at 8-9 crews per plane. Bottom line is 10% increase in international flying will bring more guys on line than a similar domestic increase.
Postal contract? Who knows? I know we do a great job and the customer is satisfied, so that has to be worth something on the next round. SWA, JB, and FedEx all have great customer service as part of their product definition, and folks generally like our service. As long as we take care of job one we should have work to do.
Again...love the place, love the job, and work with a great bunch of guys. Maybe swinging and missing the ANC MD11 by 50 numbers or so so many times has beaten me down. Maybe there is another hiring wave on the back side of our new contract--I hope so! I've heard the rumors of "good news around the corner" and "European domicile" and a bunch of other ones lately, so maybe we will all end up advancing before too long. In the meantime, I don't complain about my "stagnating" upgrade flow in front of all my furloughed buddies at the guard. Just having a job today is something to be thankful for...
Now go find us some more juicy rumors from your MEM contacts. We are all ready to listen!