Originally Posted by
RedeyeAV8r
Probably because with excess bidding, it puts the Pilot where the Pilot want to go, not necessarily where the Company wants them to go.
With vacancy bidding, People bid to where the Company wants them.
There will probably not be too many secondaries (if any) with a small 767 Vacancy Bid.
Not sure that makes sense. The Company gets the seats filled either way. We give up control of the process with an excess as long as -1 is available to the company.
On the last excess, Hundreds of pilots were forced out of seats they wanted to keep.
A Vacancy Bid allows those that want the new seats to bid them without negatively impacting others.
I'll take a vacancy bid over an excess any day.