Originally Posted by
Sliceback
Lucky - there's not going to be 500 guys generating training via the post SLI bid. There's X training slots. Manning fills those as needed. That's why it takes awhile after the run before the awards are released. They start allowing, or denying, bids to fill the training slots for the different bases/seats they need.
So it might take months and months, along with the company generating the slots via retirement or equipment growth or shuffling manning in bases, for everyone to get the transfers they want.
I understand that there won't be massive vacancies on that bid. I just assume that there will be a backfill vacuum created. Ostensibly a few vacancies in 2 bases could cause a chain reaction of training events needed as crews swap equipment for their new choice of available bases. Just a few dozen vacancies in LAX or MIA seem capable of creating 100 plus training cycles. I realize that they won't be doing these all at once, but it could sure fill up the dance card in a hurry.