There were other backfills as well. Some people who bid out of a base where they advertised a vacancy backfilled. So a guppy Captain in SFO bid out to 787 FO in LAX and they added another backfill slot to increase the number. So they only advertised 30 vacancies, but awarded 36.

In the past at LUAL when we had 10 different equipment types with 3 airplanes with 3 pilot seats and 10 pilot bases a simple bid of 60 positions on a monthly bid might generate 300 total openings as people upgraded in smaller increments.

Someone did the math on a few bids and found that one 747 Captain vacancy would create up to seven downline backfills.

With the pay banding where you have basically narrow body and wide body, we aren't going to see that again.