Originally Posted by
AlaskaBound
That's one way for a vacancy to work unless the airline is adding FO positions. The vacancy last night included 6 captain upgrade spots with no FOs to fill the upgrading FOs.
I believe the last vacancy bid didn't have any new FO positions listed, but new hires filled the slots that the upgrading FO's vacated. There are classes running right now, and the FO openings come from where the upgrading FO's leave from.
Either way, my money is a 30-40 crew SFO base, with no bases closing.