Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
Right. In a perfect world they do the vacancy bid 1st and as it goes more junior, more Guppy Captains can just move over to the Bus and stay in the same status without having to leave the base.
To have guys surplussed 1st then have a vacancy bid after and have it go junior to guys that could have bumped to it is certainly disruptive.
As others have alluded to on this thread....a displacement bid followed by vacancy bid would create fewer secondary bumps. One may displace from IAH 737 CA to ORD 737 CA, and 2 weeks later get awarded IAH 320 CA. If you do the vacancy bid first, and the junior IAH 737 CA's don't bite you could see a bunch of CA's bumping in to the 320 resulting in bumps of those who just got it awarded.