Originally Posted by MaydayMark

I'm a slow learner ... maybe one of you smart computer geeks can explain this one? The 'Excess Posting' published today says ...

Programming logic cannot currently manage vacancies and excesses in one bid, so we need to run separate vacancy and excess bids. A second bid, Posting 13-04, will be published the third week in April offering vacancies associated with the introduction of the B767.

I understand that the economy isn't great and we all want (need?) a proactive company that is able to adapt to changing times. I don't believe there is anything sinister in their proposed downsizing. Can anyone explain why our (legitimately) high tech company can't figure out how to manage a single bid that takes aircraft going away and new arriving aircraft all on the same bid!*? A High School kid could write the program.

It will be interesting to hear what ALPA thinks.