Originally Posted by
pilotgolfer
Prior to this bid coming out, planning had said the 777 was overstaffed by about 25 FOs. Just 3 months ago, we had 250 FOs on the staffing list. About a dozen guys took guppy captain bids. The numbers are certainly dwindling. Yesterday's snapshot had 19 FOs bidding over to Sparky.
Interesting info... I wonder if Manpower Planning is "hopeful" that 777 pilots voluntarily jump ship with the 787 base and continue to bid captain slots when they come available on the NBs. I cannot imagine they want to do a surplus on the 777 CA and FO position after standing up the 787... the effects would ripple through all the fleets like a cascade until they hit the 737s. But around here you never know. I have noticed that the number of reserves per day the last week have dropped off a bit... we used to have 30-35 per day and its dropped to 20-25 per day. I'm going to hang and ride this out.