Originally Posted by
Scott Stoops
It is actually much more significant than that in the senior bases as the junior Cal pilots holding the bids effectively act as blockers from new bids occurring. By Cal taking those bids when they did, they filled an entire seat/domicile way out of seniority. As an example, the junior 737 Cap in Denver is nearly 8500 on the list. The junior 320 Cap is about 5200. Over 3000 numbers difference. I am around 4900 and would love to be a Den Cap again (for the third time), but I doubt I'll hold it for several more years due to bids already being filled nearly 3000 numbers junior to where they will likely end up falling. The coming bump train will only exacerbate this. That said, it is what it is. The SLI is done, the disputes (short of the lawsuit) are done. Best we move on.
Scott
You will get the opportunity to bid 737 captain in the very near future. The 737 bases that were opened in L UAL hubs are all staffed artificially low. Den needs about 200 more captain, Ord about 300, Sfo 250, lax another 100. As the deliveries come, all of the increased staffing will go to these hubs.