Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
Displacement bids can happen anytime if the company feels like they have a surplus they don't want to carry. Personally, I don't think there are going to be as many displacements as you think...(I assume you're talking about 7ER displacements after the summer) I think quite a few will bid 717A and 737A.
Easy Victor,
Not sure if you know this so I'll throw it out there anyway. Generally speaking, displacement bids and AE bids are not separate. They are combined into one bid. It's possible for there to be just a displacement bid but the airline would have to be shrinking for that to happen. What we've had the last year or so have strictly been AE bid from which no one can get displaced. That could possibly change after this summer with more 757's leaving the fleet. The company would rather have guys bid off than equipment rather than displace. They might even carry a surplus for a few months if necessary.
Time will tell.
Denny
Denny,
I am not sure that is correct. It seems to me that many pilots have been displaced in the last year(i tried to find all of the past AE/Displacement bid results but could not find them). I know that just 5 months ago 36 pilots were displace in SLC between the 3 categories (20 off of the 737 alone). That is nearly 8% of the pilots in the base being displace as a result of the ER reductions. I also feel the the last AE news letter was preparing the pilot group for further displacements out of the ER category. However, everybody on this forum assured me that the 25% reduction in 7ER flying is normal and that they will not actually reduce the number of pilot in the category. So that is good.