The August Prelims were posted the other day, and they include all of the displacements for the remainder of the E120 pilots in DFW. And to my surprise a few downgrades from RJ CA to RJ FO. As I count all of the displacements and current positions on the RJ in DFW for ASA, there will be some 244 First Officers and around 150 Captains on the 50 seater in DFW. This will be the staffing level for only a 108 hard lines! That puts ASA at almost 100 extra First Officers in DFW. And if you are a junior E120 captain now, you will probably hold one of the last few hard lines as an FO, that's somewhere between line 90-108, and quite possibly, some might be on Reserve. That's after being with ASA for 2 1/2-3 years! Now that ASA will be grossly overstaffed Comair will be running new hire classes every 2 weeks! Interesting.
ASA will have a net loss of 7 airplanes for the year after the retirement of the E-120. If you're in the hiring pool at ASA, don't count on coming here anytime soon. I would guess conservatively you might get a class date somewhere between 2005-2006! And that's only if we exercise more options for delivery at the end of next year. Because after next year our scheduled aircraft deliveries are over!
So, why did I put "Furloughs?" in the subject line of this posting? If you're a bean counter for an airline during this economy, what else would you do with almost 100 extra First Officers? God, I hope we don't, but we won't get enough airplanes in the next year and a half to utilize our current staffing levels.
It also looks like ASA is having some trouble with aircraft financing too. This can only mean one thing - stagnation.
Over the past couple of months we have been reading memos congratulating us for our professionalism and dedication which have drastically improved ASA's on-time performance and customer service. Yet, our reward(s) is a downgrade, pay cut (some of our pilots up to half their income), and our flying being given away to other airlines.
So, retiring the E-120 was a great idea because 'why' again?
ASA will have a net loss of 7 airplanes for the year after the retirement of the E-120. If you're in the hiring pool at ASA, don't count on coming here anytime soon. I would guess conservatively you might get a class date somewhere between 2005-2006! And that's only if we exercise more options for delivery at the end of next year. Because after next year our scheduled aircraft deliveries are over!
So, why did I put "Furloughs?" in the subject line of this posting? If you're a bean counter for an airline during this economy, what else would you do with almost 100 extra First Officers? God, I hope we don't, but we won't get enough airplanes in the next year and a half to utilize our current staffing levels.
It also looks like ASA is having some trouble with aircraft financing too. This can only mean one thing - stagnation.
Over the past couple of months we have been reading memos congratulating us for our professionalism and dedication which have drastically improved ASA's on-time performance and customer service. Yet, our reward(s) is a downgrade, pay cut (some of our pilots up to half their income), and our flying being given away to other airlines.
So, retiring the E-120 was a great idea because 'why' again?
