Originally Posted by
fdx10
The company put out the Bid processing info, which said, not less than 80% of the reserve lines would be in the bidpack ( not in secondary window)
We had 115 reserve lines in February and only 48 in July
How is that 80%
1st-VTO process has ALWAYS been a PBS system.
One difference so far, is I've yet to see someone in the New System asking why someone 15 VTO lines Junior to them somehow wound up assigned to a trip they had requested.
Now-to the 115 versus 48
MD-11 Capt bid pack in February had 266 Lines, 97 VTO, 115 Reserve (478 total)
July 266 Lines, 131 VTO, 48 Reserve (445 total)
Reduced manning of 33 would put the Reserve lines to 82, 20% down from that would be 66 while only 48 were published.
So, I'm thinking the 82 Pay only lines had to have some impact on the bid pack.
And I'd venture a guess that Vacation Utilization is likely quite a bit higher in July as compared to February which would lead to a greater need for VTO lines.
My guess is that there would be more Reserve Lines if the Company could still Involuntarily Convert folks...but that option's gone away.
Thanks ALPA