Vangolf, rumours are rumours.
What we know on AJX for a FACT is that the 787 will be introduced in the Summer schedule 2018, so around late March next year.
The info we have been provided is that they will need approx 70 pilots initially, NO direct hire onto the 787. At present approx. 280 pilots total in AJX. The 767 pax ops (now 9.5 airframes) will be scaled down to zero by 2020 BUT the 767 freight operation (11 aeroplanes) will continue indefinitely (obviously the 767 has a shelf life but the old lady has many years in her yet!)
Reading between the lines, any new hire can expect to join on the 767, the options for the 787 will only be available in a few years. However, nothing definite has been announced, so anything can happen.
As far as the improvement in the pay package, well, it is long overdue AND it needs to be considerable, but not hearing anything about it here yet.
Apart from that nothing has changed here recently, so the rosy picture may well be a clever sales pitch!
