Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
I was talking to a 73N B buddy of mine today and guess what he brought up out of the blue? 73N A's he has flown with have said "you know, I'm thinking of bidding the 717A. It'd be nice to get a summer off and then I'd be senior and could make it all back up on GSs and good lines."
That could make for a big uh oh...
It cracks me up that some think they are going to, "get the summer off" if they bid the 717.
What is more likely to happen is, they end up stuck in training for the summer, on VA Avenue for all of June, July or Aug! That right there would keep me from bidding it! And if you were the number 1 on it, you may go to school in say, May, but then go back to your old aiplane while awaiting OE, then go back to the box in say, July to get spooled up again, then your OE in Aug.
I seriously doubt the company is going to have a whole bunch of 717 guys sitting around all summer, they will find a way to use them, unless we really are that much over staffed, that they don't need them.