Thread: Vacancy Bid
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Old 09-24-2013, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Probe View Post
CALFO;
They are already flying inefficient trips. There won't be enough 80 hour months to go around. There simply won't be enough block hours.

Yes, some of the Captains will retire straight out of the 75 fleet. But most of the pilots will not. Bumping gives you a paid move, free PS commuter passes, and no training freeze. Few will bid off until they gut bumped. I wouldn't.

400 retirements a year is only 3% of our pilot group. This is nowhere near "massive". Just "normal". 3% a year for 33 years equals? All of us. This is simply a normal rate of retirement.
Every pilot at ual is already entitled to both a free merger move and as well as a career move. The percentage of retirements is closer to 4, but its not the percentage it's the numbers. 400 pilots leaving from the top of the food chain creates a ton of vacancies.

As for people not bidding off until they are bumped; again you are thinking downward not upward. During a reduction pilots get bumped down. Right now they can bid up. Do you really think that a mid level 757 cap that can now bid over to the 777 is going to sit around and wait to get bumped? I doubt it.
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