down to three birds - one of those based in singapore indefinitely as of mid-jan (operating for a client). this leaves only two here at home.
rumors abound, but as usual no word from mgt. some of the rumors: miami air -800 but it had a tail-strike, lease a/c 191 that we just sold to a guy in russia, lease a couple of -7/800's with 50 seats for charters - but we don't have a 121 yet and there aren't any ng's avail - supposedly may/june time frame for 121. they've even put out 757 rumors as they're cheaper to buy now (no 737-ng's available) but cost a little more to operate.
as for a new-hire getting a slot - highly unlikely. we will probably lose a couple f/o's due to the new contract pay grades. however, there will first be an inside bid before it's offered to new-hires.
the guys you're referring to that had "experience in the Boeing" are gone - over a year now. wasn't such a great program as njla (or whatever it was called back then) didnt do any mental eval or sim ride and the interview was a joke. just the profile and sim would have knocked 75% of those guys out.
so basically it's stagnant right now. many of us don't see the program lasting the next year at this rate. actual bbj booked trips might be 10% of the total trips. we do mostly fill-ins for other fleets when a plane breaks, or like over the holidays when we're real busy filling in there, too. flew three occupied legs this past 7 days - 1 one was a bbj trip and the other two were free upgrades when a falcon and gulstream weren't available.