December 2024 Vacancy Awards
07-19-2024, 02:25 PM
#101
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Joined APC: Jun 2019
Position: B747 FO
Posts: 1,243
Some for the schedule, some actually did not like the Bus. One of my buds who had flown 737 FO went to the Airbus FO to get to CLT quicker and did not like the aircraft or the flying so he bid back to 737 CA as soon as they opened it up and he could hold it. Another one was a long time Bus FO and when upgrade time came he decided he wanted to change it up after I kept telling him how much fun the 737 left seat actually is.
I still prefer the Boeing way here and there, but overall really happy with it.
Schedules and destinations, also seniority progression, that’s a different story yeah.
07-19-2024, 08:33 PM
#102
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Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,254
ok other than that it was "great", I guess no FOQA made it "fun" lol
Last edited by Name User; 07-19-2024 at 08:46 PM.
07-23-2024, 08:40 AM
#103
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Joined APC: Mar 2013
Posts: 105
Still deciding between bidding 320 FO LGA or ORD next vacancy to get a change of scenery from CLT. 3XP is showing 175 in my status in LGA currently but 119 as of December. Is LGA shrinking or are there going to be a lot of seats to fill next vacancy?
07-23-2024, 10:07 AM
#104
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Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,254
189-211-300-146-177-185-170
The 211/300 numbers I think are outside the bell curve as I'm guessing it correlated with throwing every last 320FO we had into LGA because everyone was bidding out so fast. The CA numbers made much more sense and were consistent with the other vacancies.
So to answer your question, it looks like it's been fairly stable over the past few years around the 170-180 number.
I can drive to CLT but admit I looked at going back to NYC due to the trips. I bid sub 50% in seat too.
08-16-2024, 09:10 PM
#105
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Joined APC: Apr 2019
Posts: 227
I believe ORD went JR because people like myself were concerned with the initial size of it. 35 is pretty small, and nobody knew if it would go sr or jr. I wasn’t willing to risk it going senior and going from holding a commutable line out of DFW to being on SC reserve in ORD. The next bid it may go more senior. Also, going to Chicago in December? Nah, I will wait until the next one and show up there in the spring time.
08-17-2024, 02:44 AM
#106
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Joined APC: Oct 2014
Posts: 944
08-20-2024, 07:55 AM
#108
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jul 2021
Posts: 68
I agree about the S80 it was a great jet. Absolutely hot af in the summer but everything else was great. Oh except being limited to FL250 at the end. And no useable VNAV. Anemic climbs. Having to scrape the wings for ice using a ladder and special broom. Hydraulic leaks everywhere you looked. Flight controls that used trim tabs.
ok other than that it was "great", I guess no FOQA made it "fun" lol
ok other than that it was "great", I guess no FOQA made it "fun" lol
08-20-2024, 11:23 AM
#109
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Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,254
I never flew the mad dog , but I did jumpseat a few times. My favorite memory was towards the end during that phase of life where they were limited to 25k. The flight prior, also a mad dog, was delayed to the point where we pushed off the gates 5 mins apart. I had the more seasoned captain apparently who knew that the 25k was Captain discretion and opted to race the other guy at a higher altitude. Short flight but we almost pulled it off.
They had multiple pitot tubes ice over/block and couldn't figure out what was going on. At least one that I know of stalled up at altitude (knew the crew).
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