Originally Posted by
CaptainCarl
Someone explain the Vacancy Bid Sheet to me.
More importantly, if I fill out the Vacancy Bid Sheet, will I be required to take a vacancy that would put me as a junior reserve guy in a base far, far away? Or can I pass it up and stay fat, dumb, and happy where I'm at as a line holder?
You can stay right where you are, unless someone senior to you in your status has displacement rights and they want your spot. Then you may get bumped down a spot or two in your current slot, or out of it if you were at the bottom already. If you want to stay where you are right now, you don't need to fill out a form, since you can't bid for your current status on it.
The way this staffing bid is being conducted is pi$$ing off a LOT of senior FOs, since the DECs who are holding the CA seats that we want will be staying in them, and none of us will be allowed to upgrade as a result of this. Also, the few FOs who were making bypass pay from last year will lose it after this staffing bid if they don't get awarded a CA slot from it. Barring major attrition on the CA side in the near future, you will be seeing a LOT of very bitter FOs on the line because of this. Most of them will be in the Florida system, but several are flying in ATL and IAD. If you are a DEC and flying with an FO who was stepped over, do them a favor and buy lunch or drinks for them on trips.