Prepare yourselves… 2023 AEs
07-11-2023, 06:45 AM
#3591
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The next AE will allow senior pilots to more-or-less protect their summer vacations and reasonably expect to head to Virginia Ave after August 31st. Everyone I talk to say they refuse to AE when summer vacation is in the crosshairs, so I expect the next AE will go more senior across the board.
07-11-2023, 07:35 AM
#3592
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The next AE will allow senior pilots to more-or-less protect their summer vacations and reasonably expect to head to Virginia Ave after August 31st. Everyone I talk to say they refuse to AE when summer vacation is in the crosshairs, so I expect the next AE will go more senior across the board.
07-11-2023, 07:42 AM
#3593
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I think so too. If you were in the top 9,000 on the last AE you could have gotten what you wanted for the most part. I mean 330B, 350B, most NBAs, etc. So I believe that will leave room for the 9,000-12,000 numbers this time around.
I bet we’ll see a good amount of NYC330Bs which usually means for those who really want a WB can get it. The last AE had ZERO openings and only two backfills so extremely rare.
SLC320A was a huge curveball last AE. Anything’s possible but I don’t seeing tomorrow’s AE going any more senior than the last one. If you were top 10,000 and wanted a new seat you would have bid it on the last one and probably gotten it.
I bet we’ll see a good amount of NYC330Bs which usually means for those who really want a WB can get it. The last AE had ZERO openings and only two backfills so extremely rare.
SLC320A was a huge curveball last AE. Anything’s possible but I don’t seeing tomorrow’s AE going any more senior than the last one. If you were top 10,000 and wanted a new seat you would have bid it on the last one and probably gotten it.
07-11-2023, 07:46 AM
#3594
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Because some people desperately want to say “the ride is over” for junior guys getting nice slots like WBB and NBA.
07-11-2023, 08:16 AM
#3595
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The next AE will allow senior pilots to more-or-less protect their summer vacations and reasonably expect to head to Virginia Ave after August 31st. Everyone I talk to say they refuse to AE when summer vacation is in the crosshairs, so I expect the next AE will go more senior across the board.
07-11-2023, 08:17 AM
#3596
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When those expectations are unmet, it will cause a lot of family strife and frustration. For me, I’m simply a realist trying to give a somewhat educated analysis of facts.
Trust me, I’d be glad to be wrong, as it would lift us all up higher. I’ve been wrong before.
07-11-2023, 08:22 AM
#3597
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It’s not that, actually. At least not for me. I see a huge number of CJO holders, seekers, and others who are being given false expectations. The crazy awards of the last 18 months are simply unsustainable.
When those expectations are unmet, it will cause a lot of family strife and frustration. For me, I’m simply a realist trying to give a somewhat educated analysis of facts.
Trust me, I’d be glad to be wrong, as it would lift us all up higher. I’ve been wrong before.
When those expectations are unmet, it will cause a lot of family strife and frustration. For me, I’m simply a realist trying to give a somewhat educated analysis of facts.
Trust me, I’d be glad to be wrong, as it would lift us all up higher. I’ve been wrong before.
07-11-2023, 08:28 AM
#3598
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True, but until domestic rotations get fixed, NBA will still go very junior. It’s not worth it to me to be NBA (<50%) like my buddies. I work the same amount of days and make more money with better QOL (imho), provided my extra days are GS. If they GS, sure, they make more but it’s more time gone and way more work than my schedule.
07-11-2023, 08:36 AM
#3599
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It’s not that, actually. At least not for me. I see a huge number of CJO holders, seekers, and others who are being given false expectations. The crazy awards of the last 18 months are simply unsustainable.
When those expectations are unmet, it will cause a lot of family strife and frustration. For me, I’m simply a realist trying to give a somewhat educated analysis of facts.
Trust me, I’d be glad to be wrong, as it would lift us all up higher. I’ve been wrong before.
When those expectations are unmet, it will cause a lot of family strife and frustration. For me, I’m simply a realist trying to give a somewhat educated analysis of facts.
Trust me, I’d be glad to be wrong, as it would lift us all up higher. I’ve been wrong before.
The bonanza of unprecedented upgrades is drying up. Congrats to those, myself included, who struck gold in the last 18 months.
07-11-2023, 08:38 AM
#3600
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We’ll find out soon but I’m pretty sure the last AE’s training months were September/early October so that should have been good enough to avoid summer training. This next AE will most likely be October/November so now you could have folks not wanting to risk messing up the holiday season.
Also SLC320A wasn’t a big curveball when you account it was already a 10-10.5 on previous bids with now having 35 openings or whatever it was.
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