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Politics aside this new website marketed by the Presidential office and Ad Council and promoted by Ivanka Trump is impressive. It is the real deal when it comes to finding ways to build on your existing skills or find a new skill. Everyone can agree the economy is...

Early Out (VPLOA) comparison among Airlines – Provided by KitDarby.com

Jul 13, 2020 | Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Pilot Career, Pilot Employement | 0 Comments

Attached below is a comparison of VPLOA/Permanent Leave programs among domestic carriers provided by and shared with permission from KitDarby.com. It is worth noting - this analysis of leave language is not limited to Legacy or LCC carriers but includes Air Wisconsin...

SouthWest Pilot Demand – Update

Jun 4, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply | 0 Comments

A lot can change in a matter of days. SouthWest airlines fleet projections have already changed drastically enough to warrant a relook at their pilot demand numbers. The latest from the last article has changed significantly. Whereas they were looking at a longer-term...

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A reflective note

The genesis of this website started as an idea born out of a simple desire to help pilots. In a world that seems to be in a constant state of commotion, where media sources often care more about creating soundbites to drive traffic than to uncover a more accurate...

United Airline Pilot Demand Projections updated

While United may have announced the largest displacement bid in the industry, we simply don't know what the future holds or if that will be accurate in the long run. What is interesting is they've announced the largest displacement bid but have provided the least...

A case for early outs instead of furloughs

"In a case for recovery " the website took a step towards discussing ways airlines could adjust staffing for fleet reductions without needing to resort to the old playbook of furlough. It was shown how reductions in line values could bring the recovery curve close...

Now What Do I Do?

“Happy Birthday Honey! I received my furlough letter today.” Not exactly the birthday present I think my wife of three weeks would have appreciated. So I decide to wait a week or so to not spoil it for her. It’s not like we didn’t see it coming, but still, no...

TSA Throughput Charts

It is great to see the Transportation Safety Administration publish the TSA throughput data. Granted some of those numbers include our nation's flight crew counts they do illustrate how far air travel has fallen and the heartbeats of a system slowing being brought...

COVID19 – Airline traffic update. TSA and China numbers

Numbers from the TSA have shown a substantial reduction in traffic over the last month. The beginning of the month showed almost normal numbers on March 1st. March 31st TSA throughput levels dropped down to 7.22% of the beginning of the month. TSA Throughput numbers...

COVID19 State Comparison Tools

The following tools allow users to compare U.S. State data trends compiled by https://covidtracking.com/. A composite of National numbers National Composite Select an individual state Select a specific State Alaska Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado...

COVID-19 State Analysis/Tracker

Select a state to Analyze Select a State Alaska Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware DC Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri...

COVID19 – updated model (A case for recovery)

Now that the CARE act has been written into law, the approach for the next 6 months has become more clear for the airlines. For the airlines that choose to access assistance offered by this act, they will not be permitted to layoff or furlough through Sept,...

The cost of staff reductions

So lets get down to the nuts and bolts of it. As the world grapples with the uncertainty of COVID-19, many pilots have been talking about furlough concerns. Every airline is different but some things remain the same among carriers and can be used to calculate a...

COVID-19 Chinese Recovery Begins

OAG Schedules Analyser from https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/290239/analysis-chinas-recovery-continues/ This chart publicized by this article shows the departure seats, (not necessarily the revenue miles) by week. The tan area are Chinese...

Hybrid Model (COVID-19)

Using the 9/11 L recovery from the COVID-19 Impact Article 2 and the V-shaped recovery from the initial article, coupled with the largest cuts currently posted ( 50% reduction announced across the entire system for United). The model assumes the current cuts follow...

COVID-19 Delta Capacity Cuts

(Updated: to reflect the effect of cumulative retirements) At the time of this article the following are the current capacity reductions announced publicly by other carriers. These are changing rapidly almost hourly, and it is very difficult to keep up with the...

SouthWest Pilot Demand – Update

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Frontier Pilot Demand Projection updated

May 29, 2020

Frontier has remained fairly optimistic, planning on their entire fleet being back in operation by end of summer. Due to the simplicity of their fleet, the assumptions aren't as complicated as some of the other carriers. Simplicity doesn't necessarily transfer into...

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Upwork is another great alternative for anyone with some technical expertise in a variety of fields. Some examples of the types of projects found on Upwork are writing, programming in most languages and applications for mobile and web, customer service and even...

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After enjoying the first couple weeks of my Corona Vacation I decided it was probably time to get busy doing something.....anything. This was before the numbers got really bad but I'm near the bottom of my seniority list and it won't take much for me to be on the...

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