Originally Posted by
pilotgolfer
20 Captains and 45 FOs open for bid today on 787 DCA.
This will be interesting to see if anyone bids it without the knowledge of what the end state will be. They have put out no projections for how large the 787 base will be and what the 777 base will shrink down to.
Certainly will be a money making opportunity for line holders being bought off for IOE.
my guess is that this round will go junior for FOs... same thing happened a couple years ago in IAD when the 777 seats opened up... first couple bids went junior and then started going senior. My question is what will happen to the IAD 777 base? Will the new 787 routes to PEK and LHR take away more trips from the 777 base or are they additional? I'm wondering if we will see a 777 displacement in the late Fall dependent on how many FOs bid off the IAD 777 BES this Summer and Fall...