New at ASA-how long to win Atlanta bid?

[Eric]

Hey ASA pilots,

How long would you guess it would take for a newhire to bid Atlanta as a domicile?

I'm assuming newhires are going to DFW.

Can you commute from Chattanooga to DFW? Would it be worth it? Could you live in Salt Lake and commute to DFW?

How long is reserve right now in ATL and DFW?

Thanks
Eric

 

[FL000]

Hey ASA pilots,

--Hey!

How long would you guess it would take for a newhire to bid Atlanta as a domicile?

--Just a WAG, but less than a year (???). While most of the growth will be in DFW for the next 18 months, there will be some upgrades/growth in ATL that should facilitate a domicile change. It just depends on how many others want it.

I'm assuming newhires are going to DFW.

--For the most part, yes. I hear a few may be getting the ATR, which is ATL only. I haven't heard of any ATL RJ new hires, but I'm not keeping up with everything as well as others are.

Can you commute from Chattanooga to DFW?

--yes

Would it be worth it?

--no, not in my opinion. It'd be a 2-legger through ATL, MEM, or CVG in the DAL system. The ATL-DFW is full a lot. It's a tough commute even for a senior pilot with a schedule. You'll be a new hire on reserve AND on probation. The situation out of CVG remains to be seen because of the pending drop of ACA from DCI. MEM-DFW is on Pinnacle and I'm assuming available seats will be limited.

Could you live in Salt Lake and commute to DFW?

--yes, much easier than CHA, but still consider the fact that you will be on reserve and on probation. You'll be in a crashpad or working at least four nights a week, with 2 days at home in SLC.

How long is reserve right now in ATL and DFW?

--can't answer that one, except to say it will be shorter in DFW. It's hard to compare current pilots to new hires because the new hires have growth to consider where the current lot had no light at the end of the tunnel.

Good luck!

 

[CF34-3B1]

Would it be worth it?

--no, not in my opinion. It'd be a 2-legger through ATL, MEM, or CVG in the DAL system. The ATL-DFW is full a lot. It's a tough commute even for a senior pilot with a schedule. You'll be a new hire on reserve AND on probation. The situation out of CVG remains to be seen because of the pending drop of ACA from DCI. MEM-DFW is on Pinnacle and I'm assuming available seats will be limited.

Actually, ASA does DFW-MEM on the CR2. It's usually not full.

 

[wms]

There are a couple DFW pilots that commute from CHA. I think they commute on direct flights out of Knoxville. As far as I know they've had no problems.

 

[Tim47SIP]

Don't forget the 70's

Just a WAG, but less than a year (???). While most of the growth will be in DFW for the next 18 months, there will be some upgrades/growth in ATL that should facilitate a domicile change. It just depends on how many others want it.

This will or should happen towards the latter part of the year as the "majority" of the 70's are going to go to ATL. This of course is GG's letter stating a such, but has not transpired as of yet. There are still 11 more 70's this year to go to ATL and DFW. There should be some movement from these aircraft. Also, we start receiving 25 aircraft in 05/06 time frame. The faster you get on the new hire list, the faster you get off of reserves.

 

[FL000]

Re: Don't forget the 70's

Just a WAG, but less than a year (???). While most of the growth will be in DFW for the next 18 months, there will be some upgrades/growth in ATL that should facilitate a domicile change. It just depends on how many others want it.

This will or should happen towards the latter part of the year as the "majority" of the 70's are going to go to ATL. This of course is GG's letter stating a such, but has not transpired as of yet. There are still 11 more 70's this year to go to ATL and DFW. There should be some movement from these aircraft. Also, we start receiving 25 aircraft in 05/06 time frame. The faster you get on the new hire list, the faster you get off of reserves.

The memo from a few months ago stated, between the lines, that the 200 fleet would be reduced by about the same amount as the 700 fleet would grow. So I was assuming a smaller rate of growth than 11 new planes would give us without any reductions...but growth nonetheless.

 

[HouseBoy]

The 4/12 class has 19 newhires in it...there were 15 CRJ DFW slots and 4 ATR ATL slots. 4 out of the first 7 picked the ATR to be based in ATL...so right now it's tough to get ATL. The guy in charge of base/equipment bidding made a guess that it would be sometime in the fall for someone in our class that initially got DFW to get awarded ATL. Once again that was just a guess and only true as of yesterday...could already be different today!

 

[Eric]

Thanks guys!