756 Fleet Parked?
04-25-2020, 10:39 AM
#21
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Kirby asked Airbus to move up delivery of the 321XLR in preparation for permanently parking the 756. I’m sure many airlines have canceled their orders.
This pandemic won’t last forever and the manufacturers need airlines as customers. I’m sure there’s some sweet deals now and even some creative financing to get everyone through.
This pandemic won’t last forever and the manufacturers need airlines as customers. I’m sure there’s some sweet deals now and even some creative financing to get everyone through.
04-25-2020, 10:52 AM
#22
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Kirby asked Airbus to move up delivery of the 321XLR in preparation for permanently parking the 756. I’m sure many airlines have canceled their orders.
This pandemic won’t last forever and the manufacturers need airlines as customers. I’m sure there’s some sweet deals now and even some creative financing to get everyone through.
This pandemic won’t last forever and the manufacturers need airlines as customers. I’m sure there’s some sweet deals now and even some creative financing to get everyone through.
04-25-2020, 12:26 PM
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Meh. The fleet is toast. The writing has been on the walls for the better part of a month now. I'm surprised that it came in one swoop. 2,000 pilots to bump and retrain. That might be the benchmark number for 10/1. The shenanigans that the company played with the zero hour lines is unacceptable, but within the letter of the LOA (I think). Just keep these actions in mind going forward. Remember, all of the gives in the new LOA are voluntary.
04-25-2020, 12:41 PM
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Meh. The fleet is toast. The writing has been on the walls for the better part of a month now. I'm surprised that it came in one swoop. 2,000 pilots to bump and retrain. That might be the benchmark number for 10/1. The shenanigans that the company played with the zero hour lines is unacceptable, but within the letter of the LOA (I think). Just keep these actions in mind going forward. Remember, all of the gives in the new LOA are voluntary.
it’s going to take ALONG time to train all the 756 pilots plus the secondary bumps they will create.
I can’t see to many 756 pilots dropping thousands a year to go fly a 737 or A320 domestically and a lot of them can hold WB CA and FO. When you start displacing from the top the trickle down is very slow.
04-25-2020, 12:43 PM
#25
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Thanks for sharing your opinion. As you can tell nobody here really cares what you have to say. Hope you and your family stay healthy, you survive a furlough and have some time to reflect on how pathetic it is to try and bad mouth pilots on an anonymous forum during the worst event to ever hit our industry. You’re not funny, you’re not cool. You are a f’ing child!
I would think...
The training churn this will take would take would be a death blow if furloughs occurred too. Hopefully UAL is planning on reordering fleet/pilots and using sim time for that and not cascade training events due to furloughs.
04-25-2020, 12:45 PM
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it’s going to take ALONG time to train all the 756 pilots plus the secondary bumps they will create.
I can’t see to many 756 pilots dropping thousands a year to go fly a 737 or A320 domestically and a lot of them can hold WB CA and FO. When you start displacing from the top the trickle down is very slow.
I can’t see to many 756 pilots dropping thousands a year to go fly a 737 or A320 domestically and a lot of them can hold WB CA and FO. When you start displacing from the top the trickle down is very slow.
04-25-2020, 12:50 PM
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04-25-2020, 01:31 PM
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If there are only 2000 total on the fleet why not just furlough the junior F/O off of the bottom in sequence and pay the rest to stay home on reserve (inactive) until the crystal ball becomes less cloudy? That may be cheaper in the moment than displacement and retrains. They’d more or less be paying them 73 to sit home on whatever their new fleet was anyhow.
04-25-2020, 01:35 PM
#29
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If there are only 2000 total on the fleet why not just furlough the junior F/O off of the bottom in sequence and pay the rest to stay home on reserve (inactive) until the crystal ball becomes less cloudy? That may be cheaper in the moment than displacement and retrains. They’d more or less be paying them 73 to sit home on whatever their new fleet was anyhow.
04-25-2020, 01:47 PM
#30
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If there are only 2000 total on the fleet why not just furlough the junior F/O off of the bottom in sequence and pay the rest to stay home on reserve (inactive) until the crystal ball becomes less cloudy? That may be cheaper in the moment than displacement and retrains. They’d more or less be paying them 73 to sit home on whatever their new fleet was anyhow.
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