You probably already got your answer, but since this thread is about the BAT I thought it wouldn't hurt to have this info here. BAT bids are independent of Monthly Preferencing and Vacancy Bids. They will be offered as shown below plus more at the discretion of the company.
I just completed the training on Wednesday. Going from 76T to 756 requires 6 days: 2 days travel, 1 day ground school, 1 day 757 sim, and 2 days 767-400 sim. Going from 756 to 76T is 4 days with 2 days travel, 1 day ground school and 1 day of sim work. All training is done in Denver.
On a separate note . . .
As to those who think the BAT is a violation of the UPA I would like to make two short points:
1) The 756 and 76T fleets have been ok'd to become one by the FAA once the requisite equipment changes have been made. The only changes necessary to make them one fleet are speed tapes in UAL PS 757s (the 767 56k machines already have the speed tapes), the addition of TakeOff Config buttons and Sterile Cockpit buttons in the 76T planes, and the addition of new upgraded ACARS software in the 756 fleet.
2) The BAT bids do NOT represent laterals or vacancies. They simply allow 757 and 767 pilots to fly the company flying that their seniority allows in the base they are in.
Allowing New York 757 pilots to fly 757s out of Newark or JFK is NOT a violation of the UPA nor does the changing of ACARs, speed tapes, and config buttons imply that the two fleets should remain separate. The 756 and 76T are clearly the same fleet, and the BAT is simply a means to allow pilots in their
SAME FLEET, SEAT, and DOMICILE to fly what they want in their
SAME FLEET, SEAT, and DOMICILE until 2 years from today when the 756 and 76T fleets are able to meet the FAA requirements for being merged. The BAT is a temporary solution to a temporary problem occuring in
ONE FLEET.