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Pecan

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Any "reliable" rumors on when the next seat bid might be? I've been hearing it'll be in the summer for quite some time, but that's quite vague. Seems like last winter, JL just sent out a quick email and boom--there is was: Seat biddous gigantous. Haven't spent much time around the campus lately, so I haven't been privy to much of the company "gouge."

Thanks!
 
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FedEx1 said:
Rumor on the JetFlyer email was 250+ captains in August. But I did say RUMOR....
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Well, until I see it here on FlightInfo, it's just BS. . .
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FedEx1 said:
Rumor on the JetFlyer email was 250+ captains in August. But I did say RUMOR....
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I haven't got a JetFlyer in months and months. Can you PM the guys email address so I can get back on the list? Thanks.

As far as the bid, I heard that they can't do much more training since they have to worry about training the guys that are going to fly the airplanes when it gets, shall we say "ugly" around peak. winkwink
 
I'm over in the MD-11 school house (for another couple of months) and the gouge is still Aug as far as the seat bid goes. No numbers attached to it other than "big", whatever that means. I'll believe it when I see it.
 
I don't want to hijack this thread but does anyone have any updated info on hiring? I was told by my sponsor that my package was on JL's desk about five weeks ago and still I sit by my phone waiting...
 
Any rumors again to the narrowbody replacement of the 72? The last seat bid had the 737 on it as an option?? I guess the 757 is out??
 
fdxdisco said:
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The guy is in my class right now. PM your email and I'll get it to him.
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Someone already sent it to me. Thanks Disco.

Man, when I was going through class, I don't remember having time to be farting around here on FI. I barely had time sleep. And when I did sleep, all I heard was "Autoflight, prof. Autoflight, prof." Good luck in class.
 
Miyagi said:
I don't want to hijack this thread but does anyone have any updated info on hiring? I was told by my sponsor that my package was on JL's desk about five weeks ago and still I sit by my phone waiting...
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I was told not to expect to get a call for an interview until the three month point after your pre-interview package hits the desk. They have interview boards, which take as many of those packages as they can and they decide who is called and who is not. That board meets every other week (in theory), but due to schedules, crisis, etc, that does not always happen. So just wait about three months, and after that point you can have you buddy who sponsored you stick his head in and find out.

goodluck and relax. Hurry up and wait.
 
I thought it was 1 controller-2 channels. Anyway, he's my student not my class mate.

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VaB said:
Someone already sent it to me. Thanks Disco.

Man, when I was going through class, I don't remember having time to be farting around here on FI. I barely had time sleep. And when I did sleep, all I heard was "Autoflight, prof. Autoflight, prof." Good luck in class.
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fdxdisco said:
I thought it was 1 controller-2 channels. Anyway, he's my student not my class mate.

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So, shouldn't you be teaching right now, not wasting company time on Flightinfo?? :-)
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PurpleTail said:
Any rumors again to the narrowbody replacement of the 72? The last seat bid had the 737 on it as an option?? I guess the 757 is out??
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I suspect the replacement will be the A300...We are bringing on at least 10 a year for the next three or four years. We are a mostly domestic operation, with our european commitment actually descreasing as the larger volume routes are being replaced by the MD-11.

What this means to me is that the "new" airbuses will go to domestic US flying, and with little or no domestic package volume growth, they will essentally end up slowly replacing the 72.

A look at our bidback also confirms that we are slowly picking up Boeing cities...thanks for Portland Maine but you can keep Duluth.
 
Echopapa said:
...thanks for Portland Maine but you can keep Duluth.
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You forgot "Harlingen by the Sea"!!!
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Duluth for hockey fans ain't that bad. Go bar hopping via the tunnels on the weekend layovers and catch hockey games (winter) or check out the lake (summer).

I scoffed it too till I went a few times. One of the nice perks of this job is discovering for yourself places you'd never go otherwise...
 
No, didn't go across the border. Honestly, it just didn't feel safe. Went for a walk around the square in front of the hotel and had the feeling that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, so went back to the hotel.

Should have taken the hint when the van driver asked if we wanted to go in the back entrance or the front! WTF!

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Duluth!

AlbieF15 said:
Duluth for hockey fans ain't that bad. Go bar hopping via the tunnels on the weekend layovers and catch hockey games (winter) or check out the lake (summer).

I scoffed it too till I went a few times. One of the nice perks of this job is discovering for yourself places you'd never go otherwise...
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Born / raised there. Family all lives up there. There are about 3 days toward the end of July when the ice breaks up enough to swim.

I have been living in the south too long to handle the 11 months of winter. It is beautiful from inside a heated car!

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Flint, MI, is by far the worst I've seen so far.

Biggest surprise: Billings, MT

There is a deli just to the left of the hotel that serves up a panini, chips, coke, and a giant cookie all for $4.50. Sweeeet!
 
I've been down there 8-10 times. It's really not as bad as it looks around the hotel safety wise, but i wouldn't go across the border after dark (that's just me). The people are nice if you actually talk to them. Next time you're there, try the little hole in the wall restaurant........out the front door, cross the park and go right down the street. It's on the left (it is just a glass door in the wall) about 1.5 blocks down. Real mexican food that is super cheap.
 

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