...And then all that careful hand-selection is negated with a system bid and guys wanting to bid over to the -11. It seems like we over-complicate the MadDog here. Does UPS also hand-select guys? Lufthansa? Other airlines that operated the -11 for decades? (I know we do have the additional issue of the common type with the MD-10). But still, it seems goofy to me. ALL guys we are hiring should be able to handle the airplane just fine without the need for this secondary weeding-out process.
In any event, happy bidding. Awesome vacancy bid with the additional 5% growth of total pilots, (which might be partially TNT related?). Good stuff.