trip

From the last earnings statement.
There's 44 900s all on DL contracts, 12 or 16 I think belong to DL. SKW will replace 16 with 175's over the next year. There's 114 700s, I don't see them going away soon as the majority are on contract for AA, maybe some will be replaced with new 175s this coming this year? There's 144 200s, most UA and few DL.
If one had to park some planes it'd make financial sense to park the planes that don't have long term leases or new ones that have been recently financed.

domino

So the truth hurts for you, huh? I’d be getting my ducks in a row and doing some research so you have some back up plans handy.

jpso

thanks trip.

SuperFlyCFI

How many lines in Boise? How long until a new FO could hold a line there? Growing / shrinking? Will a reduction in CAS hurt Boise more than Denver or SLC?

amcnd

BOI and SLC just saw 50 captains each awarded. Crazy times. Zero ability to predict anything. But movement fast!!

Utah

They've awarded a bunch of CA's Boise the past several months. FO staffing is currently way behind, with only two FOs that have that as their number one choice to transfer in. If starting class soon it looks like getting based there should happen rather quick. As far as holding a line, that's rather hard to tell. First off, the number of lines at every domicile changes every month based on how busy we are. Certain times of the year are busier than others. Second, future staffing, due to transfers, upgrades, resignations, etc. are a total guess. The junior line holder in Boise for March may have just finished IOE. Someone getting based there later this summer could sit reserve for a year, or not at all.

CAS? I'm not sure what that is. If you are referring to at risk flying, I don't believe the ERJ does any of that. Strickly CRJ 200, I think. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

I believe BOI and SEA are growing with the new Alaska aircraft that are arriving this year.

KirillTheThrill

Your management knows better than to own those massive POS’s.

TFAYD

how is the trip mix changing? Not 4 days out of BOI and SLC? Doing MSP and other Midwest flying? Or is it still “native” BOI or SLC flying?

the point is - are they pushing flying into domiciles that people want or is mainline shifting it around?

herewego

No, they're upgrading people into domiciles they want, then will Send them OBR (Out of Base Reserve) to the bases very few want, but has the flying.
More expensive for the company to buy seats and hotel rooms, but at least they have the manpower to cover the flying.
Sucks for the pilot getting OBRed, but at least you don't need to worry about making your commute or paying for a crash pad, and you're getting paid per diem while sitting reserve.

brocklee9000

Perhaps naïveté on my part since I've had about 3 total weeks of reserve ever and mostly based at home, but...how exactly does that suck for the OBRs? If they're going to get the $30+ pay raise to the left seat, whatever PIC bonuses they might be eligible for, probably got a couple months paid vacation due to the training backlog, and get to technically be domiciled at home. Sure, let's be real: it's not going to be a 5 day paid vacation at the airport layover; you'll get used every day. But it eliminates every problem of commuting, and being on reserve. Accommodations, per diem, guaranteed commute, and those DHs from PHX-DTW are going to start adding almost 8 hours of credit to each trip and that goes to guarantee.

So if anyone's main reason not to upgrade is because they know commuting to reserve is the worst thing ever, this seems pretty good. I know we'll never see home basing in 121, I wish. But it's enough to make me think about maybe considering upgrade some day. Commuting to the worst schedule as a barely-lineholder in DTW as a new hire, vs guaranteed commute+DH credit toward guarantee and duty limits+a hotel, I see the latter as better. You'd just get abused to hell at home anyway. My reserve captains sure hate their life and I know quite a few that bid out to commute to a line. Now these guys at home get positive spaced to OBR