Originally Posted by
golfandfly
I can't seem to grasp the FEPP concept.
I am a wide body FO, and the most junior captains in HKG (3558) and EUR (3682) are junior to me. Just like about everyone else in the company, there is an excess in my seat.
I just couldn't ever bring myself to live in HKG, so even though it's more pay, I'm not going to consider bidding it. So, I've considered trying to bid EUR 57C in hopes of getting passover. I guess if I actually had to go, I could live with it (probably just commute).
I've read over applicable sections in the contract and the ALPA FEPP settlement. Unless I've missed something, couldn't almost everyone in the company senior to #3682 bid one of these domiciles as a bid to relieve and hope to receive passover?
Can anyone shed light on this process??? Are people getting passover now??
No, you have to be eligible to bid (see the Union email and Company FAQ) and then you have to have had the seniority to hold it. The seniority test is not just simple comparison to the pilots in the FDA, rather that is the first test. If ,as a part of your standing bid, you would be bumped out or you bid out voluntarily and included an FDA seat in that bid then you will be denied that position due to the CBA provision and then enter into the FEPP deal.
The easiest way to understand this? Don't worry about it and bid what you want to fly. If you get denied you can then get smart on FEPP as it will not trigger for a good while anyway, personally I would not bid something on a hope that I would not actually have to go. If you think you can make it work then give it a whirl but be prepared for a possibly life changing choice at a future date that involves large sums of money vs. quality of your life.