Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Airline Pilot Forums > Major > Delta
Prepare yourselves… 2023 AEs >

Prepare yourselves… 2023 AEs

Search

Notices

Prepare yourselves… 2023 AEs

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 11-14-2023, 02:18 PM
  #5841  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 3,236
Default

Originally Posted by WeHaveWhiskey
Yeah the mock one seemed to have very little resemblance to the final. What's the point of it?
I would push to do a mock at COB every weekday .....like UAL does. Probably be much more clarity with more swings at the ball.

Instead of giving up ....ask for more. JMHO
Buck Rogers is offline  
Old 11-14-2023, 02:19 PM
  #5842  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,364
Default

Originally Posted by WeHaveWhiskey
Yeah the mock one seemed to have very little resemblance to the final. What's the point of it?
Something definitely changed in the past week. It seems they didn’t awarded some positions. Or people is getting smarter and pulling out their bids.
PilotJ3 is online now  
Old 11-14-2023, 02:30 PM
  #5843  
Gets Weekends Off
 
CX500T's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Nov 2017
Position: NYC 7ERA
Posts: 2,054
Default

Just noticed nobody got an award INTO the NYC-320A category.

Which is odd, because it's been chronically undermanned for as long as I've been there.
CX500T is offline  
Old 11-14-2023, 02:32 PM
  #5844  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jan 2016
Posts: 311
Default

Originally Posted by FangsF15
Wow. 150 numbers more junior than the Mock. Very interesting. Maybe Trip will be proven right! Though the non-NYC-330 WB A plug was 1000 numbers more senior at 345X.



Yeah, that was disappointing for sure
Thats wild. Neat that 330 A went to high 4400s.
peepz is offline  
Old 11-14-2023, 02:43 PM
  #5845  
Moderator
 
FangsF15's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Posts: 4,792
Default

Originally Posted by FangsF15

We've had 5 "Monthly" AE's now, so I thought I'd see if we have any trends forming. I looked at the plug WB A, WB B, and NB A, and did some math with the actual Seniority List number for each month (since we are adding 200+/month).

Here's the data: Raw numbers don't tell a full story, so I included percentage of total seniority list, which is a much better gauge ("time to hold" is a horrible gauge when hiring is crazy like it has been, especially considering hiring will slow down in about 6-7 months. Flt ops has said 200/month though the start of summer, then 100/month the rest of the 2024).

June AE Plug
WB A 25XX, 15.7%
WB B 86XX, 54.1%
NB A 134XX, 84.5%

July AE Plug
WB A 31XX, 19.5% (Excluding 1 MD)
WB B 103XX, 64.5%
NB A 138XX, 86.3%

Aug AE Plug
WB A 38XX, 23.5%
WB B 112XX,69.5%
NB A 141XX, 87.0%

Sep AE Plug
WB A 39XX, 23.8%
WB B 116XX, 70.5%
NB A 142XX, 86.9%

Oct AE Plug
WB A 39XX, 23.7%
WB B 114XX, 69.3%
NB A 145XX, 87.6%

Notes: Once again, virtually every single NH who wanted a base change got one. Said another way, the junior base change award was a higher seniority number than the size of the list on the 1st of that month... Also, the Mid-Bid results are consistently at a point slightly more junior to the final result. Also, For those not aware, the June AE was the first AE in 5 months, one of the longest AE droughts in a long time. As a result, that AE was a little more senior. Also, the June and July AE's closed the SEA 7ER base, which had a few statistical outliers I excluded.

Things seem to have settled down pretty close to the following numbers:

WB A 22 or 23% (last 3 AE's were exactly there)
WB B 69 of 70% (more variance here)
NB A 86 or 87% (very consistent here)

Not to say these trends won't shift over time, just thought it was interesting to see how things are trending. It is also interesting to see how NB A is a litte more junior that Pre-Covid norms, and WB B is a little more senior. At least, for now.

**Note: two of these numbers and one overall percentage have been corrected from original post correcting a mistake and a fat-finger**
The stickied post is locked, so I thought I'd update it here for the nov AE.

Nov AE Plug
WB A 449X, 26.8% (Note: Non NYC 330 plug 345X, 20.7%)
WB B 129XX, 77.4% (Note: 2 awards higher than plug was 117XX, 70.0%)
NB A 145XX, 87.0%

NB A is holding rock solid at 87%, for 5 AE's now. Also, when you toss out two statistcal outliers (in parenthesis above), this AE is very much in line with the recent trends bolded above: 1.) WB B, which has a mere 2 awards junior to the runing avarage, with huge gap of nearly 1000 numbeers in those last 2 awards. IOW, if that last award didn't happen, it would be right where the average has been 2.) NYC 330A, which had so dang many vacancies in a very unpopular base.

All that said, with future deliveries and some growth, I do think the WB A will drop below both historical and recent trends (don't call it a wall! ). 2007 hires can almost taste it. I'm still not sure 2014 hires will see WB A in the next 22 months, but I'm much less sure than I was a couple months/AE's ago. I'll say it again, I'd love to be wrong, and for Trip's optimism to bear fruit. A rising tide lifts all boats.

Last edited by FangsF15; 11-14-2023 at 02:54 PM.
FangsF15 is offline  
Old 11-14-2023, 03:58 PM
  #5846  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Oct 2017
Position: SnackBsktRaider
Posts: 233
Default

Originally Posted by CX500T
Just noticed nobody got an award INTO the NYC-320A category.

Which is odd, because it's been chronically undermanned for as long as I've been there.
About 12 people successfully bid out of the category as well on this AE.
DiamondDriver is offline  
Old 11-14-2023, 04:25 PM
  #5847  
Gets Weekends Off
 
CX500T's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Nov 2017
Position: NYC 7ERA
Posts: 2,054
Default

Originally Posted by DiamondDriver
About 12 people successfully bid out of the category as well on this AE.
Yeah. I know a couple FOs that had NYC 320A bids in so it's not like they had any sort of lack of takers on it.

I've been getting 2-5 GS calls a day and the occasional IA call and there's no reserves. It's going to be a blood bath over Thanksgiving because so many RES are GSing their way to the holiday off.

I can't believe they didn't fill a single NYC CA slot, especially with a bunch of us leaving.

I've already credited (well pay. not PWA defined credit) 140 hours for the month, with putting 6:27 in the bank. And they keep on calling.

I haven't flown GS1 but they didn't release me and the FO with pay (FO caught it, thank you to him) after we were assigned an illegal rotation so they paid us basically triple.. 79ish hour 4 day.

But no need to backfill.

Side note: I noted most of the guys bidding out are also the MEX SAQ crowd, so that's gonna be a money maker for anyone with the MEX qual after we leave.
CX500T is offline  
Old 11-14-2023, 05:38 PM
  #5848  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jul 2012
Posts: 101
Default

Fangs is da real hero here.
ellsworb is offline  
Old 11-14-2023, 05:47 PM
  #5849  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,364
Default

Originally Posted by CX500T
Yeah. I know a couple FOs that had NYC 320A bids in so it's not like they had any sort of lack of takers on it.

I've been getting 2-5 GS calls a day and the occasional IA call and there's no reserves. It's going to be a blood bath over Thanksgiving because so many RES are GSing their way to the holiday off.

I can't believe they didn't fill a single NYC CA slot, especially with a bunch of us leaving.

I've already credited (well pay. not PWA defined credit) 140 hours for the month, with putting 6:27 in the bank. And they keep on calling.

I haven't flown GS1 but they didn't release me and the FO with pay (FO caught it, thank you to him) after we were assigned an illegal rotation so they paid us basically triple.. 79ish hour 4 day.

But no need to backfill.

Side note: I noted most of the guys bidding out are also the MEX SAQ crowd, so that's gonna be a money maker for anyone with the MEX qual after we leave.
NYC 320 last bid went up to 209 pilots. With the 9 that left this bid, it’s back to 200.

Now there’s actually around 180ish in the line, everyone else is in training. If they would make MEX trips commutable, I would get qual.

Last edited by PilotJ3; 11-14-2023 at 06:18 PM.
PilotJ3 is online now  
Old 11-14-2023, 05:58 PM
  #5850  
Gets Weekends Off
 
CX500T's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Nov 2017
Position: NYC 7ERA
Posts: 2,054
Default

Originally Posted by PilotJ3
NYC 320 last bit went up to 209 pilots. With the 9 that left this bid, it’s back to 200.

Now there’s actually around 180ish in the line, everyone else is in training. If they would make MEX trips commutable, I would get qual.
I switched for not punch in the face uncommutable.. 0500 sign in 2330 release for a 12 hour 2 day. Bleh.
0830 sign in 2130 release 11 hour 2 day is better. Less legs too.
I used to make a 6 day MEX trip out of swap with pot to get JFK-MEX-JFK(pad)JFK-MEX-JFK(pad)JFK-MEX-JFK

You'd have legal buffers, but if you left MEX late, which was not uncommon, you'd go illegal for the next day, get 4F1Rd off and then if it was the last of the three, just go home. If it was the middle, fish for a greenie or bag an easy WS turn.

Personal best: Me and a ER Captain, now retired, we got bought off our middle because we got in 1 hour late, then both got it with a 2 hour later report and 22 hour layover as a GS. Which then got back late, and we got bought off the third one. Flew 2, paid for 4.
CX500T is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ColoradoAviator
Delta
3697
10-28-2022 04:00 AM
Trip7
Delta
3969
11-02-2021 08:57 AM
jsfBoat
Career Questions
2
05-12-2011 06:25 PM
Joachim
Regional
7
10-23-2007 05:06 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



Your Privacy Choices