Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
If you are a furloughed UA pilot, it would be almost impossible. CLE has virtually no movement because guys based there almost never leave. CLE FOs wait for a captain to retire or leave by natural causes (hate to say) to upgrade there. This bid shows the CLE base will have 2 captain vacancies and and 2 FO vacancies. Not counting anyone leaving the captain or FO seats that will essentially create 4 FO vacancies.
From the last system bid that opened LAX, 15 FOs were displaced out of CLE as those FOs were no longer needed to do the IRO slots on the Hawaii flying that will be fully shifted to the LAX base. I haven't analyzed the last system bid results but I have heard that a couple of CLE guys went out to LAX voluntarily but that around a dozen junior FOs were still displaced. You can bet those same CO pilots are chomping at the bit for those 2-4 FO slots this bid will result in in order to get back to CLE. Again there could be more slots if some of the CA or FOs out there bid for other planes, but I wouldn't count on mass movement in the CLE pilot base. Hasn't happened historically there.
Sorry to bring that news, but I didn't just want to give a flip answer like "Almost impossible" without giving the full context of the answer. Wish you luck though.
EWR,
Sorry if this has already been posted, but I did not see the closing date on the new bid. What date do they run the bid awards, and post the results for the CAL pilots? Do they show the unfilled vacancies after the bid runs like UAL did? Seems like the best way to know what bases will likely be offered to UAL pilots will be determined by that list if it is done that way at CAL.
Thanks for all the very helpful information you, and so many other CAL pilots have provided!
SP
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Already answered by CAL on UAL/CAL forum;
Awards on July 26th.
Unfilled openings by Base, Equipment, Seat will be posted at that time as well.
SP