seagull
Well-Known Member
Friend told me last night that the next bid will be out this Monday with 170 widebody Capt vacancies. Remains to be seen, but this from the union:
"Seat Bid/ ANC impact: By the time you read this the Company will likely have released the new seat bid. Suffice it to say it is sizeable and provided some interesting planning problems for the Company. For instance, they would like to have grown the ANC base by 20 crews, but based on the current standing bids and after an analysis bid was run and Secondary vacancies accounted for, ANC would have been 40 first officers short. Consequently the decision was made to keep ANC level with todays staffing. If secondaries are not filled, RFO flying could move to other bases.
More Freight: The Post Office wants us to start moving a
considerable amount more domestic USPS freight in February and another substantial incremental increase March. Potentially there will be extra flying in February in the form of additional pairings and new pairings in the March bid packs and into the future.
More Airframes: For FY 05 expect a total of 12 new widebodies:
seven are already here while two MD-10s and three A310-300 to be here before June. FY 06: 20 new widebodies: five A310-300, three A300-600, five MD-10, seven MD-11s and six retrofitted DC-10 to MD-10 coming on the line, thus reducing the DC-10 to 29 units by the end of FY06. Boeing replacement plan still in wet cement.
New Routes: New westbound around-the-world starting beginning of February 2005 and an additional eastbound in September 2005. The Company will be adding jet service to the following NEW CITIES:
SEP 05 (727) Lafayette, Louisiana, and Springfield, Missouri,
with Nashville TN coming on line Jan 06 for the DC-10 and A300.
Charters is planning on two MD-11s for the year and one wet lease for September to December. As of this date though, due to the booming cargo industry, they can't find anyone to lease them an airplane. There is simply no additional lift out there."
"Seat Bid/ ANC impact: By the time you read this the Company will likely have released the new seat bid. Suffice it to say it is sizeable and provided some interesting planning problems for the Company. For instance, they would like to have grown the ANC base by 20 crews, but based on the current standing bids and after an analysis bid was run and Secondary vacancies accounted for, ANC would have been 40 first officers short. Consequently the decision was made to keep ANC level with todays staffing. If secondaries are not filled, RFO flying could move to other bases.
More Freight: The Post Office wants us to start moving a
considerable amount more domestic USPS freight in February and another substantial incremental increase March. Potentially there will be extra flying in February in the form of additional pairings and new pairings in the March bid packs and into the future.
More Airframes: For FY 05 expect a total of 12 new widebodies:
seven are already here while two MD-10s and three A310-300 to be here before June. FY 06: 20 new widebodies: five A310-300, three A300-600, five MD-10, seven MD-11s and six retrofitted DC-10 to MD-10 coming on the line, thus reducing the DC-10 to 29 units by the end of FY06. Boeing replacement plan still in wet cement.
New Routes: New westbound around-the-world starting beginning of February 2005 and an additional eastbound in September 2005. The Company will be adding jet service to the following NEW CITIES:
SEP 05 (727) Lafayette, Louisiana, and Springfield, Missouri,
with Nashville TN coming on line Jan 06 for the DC-10 and A300.
Charters is planning on two MD-11s for the year and one wet lease for September to December. As of this date though, due to the booming cargo industry, they can't find anyone to lease them an airplane. There is simply no additional lift out there."
