I don't know about you all, but here's what I think about the LOA bids. With over 400 S/O's in the 727 and another 40 something coming back from the excess, the seat is fat. Now, don't you think there might be a few, say forty or so that would like to get paid a bit more? They could bid the right seat in CDG and still come out ahead. As for the captain seats, 727 F/O's will probably take a stab at it. HKG is similar. You have a few that will stay in the Pacific moving up from SFS and then add a few coming from the right seat of anything to the left seat of the 300. The right seaters can come from the other 727 guys that need some kind of a pay raise. Albeit small.

Some people are thinking that the company is going to sweeten the deal when they see that the seats are not getting filled. Well, I don't think so. We let this thing get through. It's as sweet as it gets. We have people scoring hat tricks on disputed pairings month after month. We've been doing it to ourselves for long and I don't think it's going to change with this LOA bid. Plus if the seats go unfilled, STV's for a few unlucky ones. It is what it is. I'm betting all the seats will be filled, no problem.

If you were hoping that this thing would be fixed by pressure after passing it, be ready for a surprise. I hope we learn from our mistakes.

Just the opinion of a 32%er