Do you have to bid 72 s/o? You should already have a 727s/o award (what you got in indoc) so no you don't have to put it in. But if you elect to stay on the panel (ie don't put in anything in the standing bid - leave it as a 999) you won't get the pay.

Do you have to contact anyone or should this happen automatically? It automatically happened for me. Mary Nelle T. sent me the e-mails as well as Pat D. But if you're still worried, go talk to Lisa, Ron M or any other FOA and they'll get you started in the right direction.

If you want to bid WB, that must be first, naturally, and somewhere after, 72 f/o. This will trigger passover, assuming you never were given the option for 72 f/o during training? You are correct sir. My last standing bid was MD11, A300, 727f/o. I was awarded the 11 and got the passover but only NB passover since I didn't bid ANC.