Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
Just using your post because you mentioned virtual basing.
What happens when you have, say, 10 senior LCA's bid the 10 lines available at the virtual base and then all their trips get held out from the FO bid? (I'm not this smart, I heard it today.)
Denny
Denny-
I'm not sure on exactly how they will run it, but the language indicates they wont let guys into a virtual base unless they are already qualified on whatever plane the co has decided to "virtualize" that month/quarter/whatever. I would guess there may randomly be LCA in the virtual bases, especially if there is one in MCO, but Since the trip pulls are only for known OE, I dont think they'd be using that trick there. (My logic is all guys already qual'd = no way to have known OE.)
To be honest, other than cities with masses of Delta guys to assure manning (MCO/DFW/BOS), I'm not sure its really a practical deal for scheds. How the hell would they ever know if they were going to get enough guys to bite until after they had made plans? I didnt see anything about guys being non-vol'd into the virtual bases.