Originally Posted by
okayestpilot
The vacancy has been out for a week and not a peep from our union. No surprise there. Id rather get information from them then have to seek others advice on a forum. So for someone who is going to be affected by this vacancy and desperately wants to stay in DFW, is it better to proffer to displace, or just have displacement preferences or to preference a standing bid for DFW and be subject to seat lock if I am awarded it?
The union guide is good for normal displacements and vacancies but this isn't a normal vacancy and displacement. No pilots are prefrencing for a CA position because they are going to get forced to upgrade.
Alright since you give very little details I'll make it general for everyone.
Every single pilot that has or is close to having 1000 needs every CA displacement slot filled.
All FOs that have or close to having 1000 needs ONLY DISPLACEMENT bids in. DO NOT preference to a CA position. (There is no need to if the company is forcing you anyway. Plus you get two extra paid move days if moving bases and you have no seat lock.)
If you are unsure or want to proffer to displace then contact the union and those guys are good about helping people out.
Pit falls:
The preference bids and displacement bids are run completely separately. Many junior LGA CAs are going to want to bid DFW CA as a preference. They will MOST LIKELY be awarded DFW. Subsequently the displacement bids will be run and they will be displaced. Sometimes these guys forget to reevaluate their displacement bids because there are already displaced. These guys will likely end up with NOT ENOUGH BIDS and could possibly end up in Chicago on the CRJ with a long term training event.