Originally Posted by ClimbClimbNow

>>Who is going to bid VB/TDY? I'll answer: All most all if not all commuters. Why would a guy living in base bid one? <<

Umm. Let's see. We don't know what the exact plans for VB are, but since you asked, here's a possible scenario:

--DAL announces a 757 VB in MCO for Jan/Feb/Mar. (there's a star right about there in the ALPA VB info-graphic too!)
--The MCO commuters celebrate, and bid for the VB.
--Unfortunately for the Florida crowd, several senior pilots living in MSP (or CVG..?) bid and hold the MCO VB, allowing them to become snowbirds at the company's expense.
--This comes at the expense of MCO commuters who will no longer even be able to get the occasional layover at home.
--It also comes at the expense of everyone below the 757, since it's a productivity give so the company will require less pilots.

No guarantee that this is how it will will work, but no guarantee it's NOT either. If the company asked for it there was a reason, and it probably wasn't to INcrease their labor costs. Not saying that VB might not be a smokin' deal for some of us (like the guys from MSP and CVG in the above scenario), but overall it's net loss (productivity concession) for the pilot group.