Prepare Yourselves… 2024 AEs
07-12-2024, 10:19 AM
#1081
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Hmm, so no 1000's at all?
And the Lion Air deal in the past doesn't remedy the need for more metal now. If 7m 8M or NG airframes of any size were available sooner that seems like it would help a lot. Not a massive order, but a small one. We're already stafed for them which means free pilot labor! Lol, kind of anyway.
And the Lion Air deal in the past doesn't remedy the need for more metal now. If 7m 8M or NG airframes of any size were available sooner that seems like it would help a lot. Not a massive order, but a small one. We're already stafed for them which means free pilot labor! Lol, kind of anyway.
07-12-2024, 10:19 AM
#1082
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Anecdotally I've heard that's only on paper, and the actual options haven't been solidified yet. I could be wrong, but I've heard it mentioned.
07-12-2024, 10:20 AM
#1083
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Hmm, so no 1000's at all?
And the Lion Air deal in the past doesn't remedy the need for more metal now. If 7m 8M or NG airframes of any size were available sooner that seems like it would help a lot. Not a massive order, but a small one. We're already stafed for them which means free pilot labor! Lol, kind of anyway.
And the Lion Air deal in the past doesn't remedy the need for more metal now. If 7m 8M or NG airframes of any size were available sooner that seems like it would help a lot. Not a massive order, but a small one. We're already stafed for them which means free pilot labor! Lol, kind of anyway.
07-12-2024, 10:24 AM
#1084
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I'm not sure. Even if they're not, pehaps they could spool it back up on just one line since the Neo/Max/220 etc engine issues are so significant. But maybe they destroyed the tooling like the 75? Lol who knows.
07-12-2024, 12:41 PM
#1085
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Where are yields softening? We had a very good quarter. Nothing to cry about for sure. Remember the MAX and NEO are a bit of growth, but mostly to replace 75s and the old 320s. We need the new metal, like yesterday. Unfortunately it looks like MAX won't be around until late '26 if not further right. NEO, well, we've discussed that plenty already. Don't forget even if certified, the FAA has placed a quasi "production cap" on MAX (I think something around 30ish Maxes a month) as a means to force Boeing to be more "quality" oriented. Airbus is not immune from production and delivery issues either (see previous discussions on supply chain woes). Like I said, we need the new metal like yesterday.
07-12-2024, 02:26 PM
#1086
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Can someone smarter than me please explain "look to reduce backfills"? Does this mean people looking to get into one of the mentioned categories will likely not be able to despite vacancies being created by pilots in these categories bidding onto something else? And does this have any effect on pilots within say the 7ER category wanting to try moving between ER bases?
07-12-2024, 02:34 PM
#1087
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07-12-2024, 03:48 PM
#1088
Can’t find crew pickup
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Can someone smarter than me please explain "look to reduce backfills"? Does this mean people looking to get into one of the mentioned categories will likely not be able to despite vacancies being created by pilots in these categories bidding onto something else? And does this have any effect on pilots within say the 7ER category wanting to try moving between ER bases?
Since everything is seniority based, yes, that would include base swaps.
But mostly this seems to be happening on the CA side.
07-12-2024, 06:02 PM
#1089
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07-12-2024, 07:37 PM
#1090
Can’t find crew pickup
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Quick look through the bid packages, many of the NB fleets have had much lower ALVs throughout the summer. So awesome.
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