Originally Posted by
tinygiant
I don't ask for the unpossible. Up until last month, my last bid group before reserve groups was waive everything, award work. Still no dice. Got lucky with a line in Dec, but still below the g-line for Jan. So you are correct... I have (almost) 2 years seniority at EWR 737 and can't guarantee a line. I expect with this vacancy bid, that might change in Feb or Mar. With all the recent hiring, I hope this won't be a trend item for new hires.
I understand some choose to be on reserve, but don't mark us all as incompetent bidders if hiring numbers and PBS simply doesn't allow it. I'm happy for the young guys at SFO that can hold lines. If i didn't live on the east coast, I'd probably be commuting to SFO for the seniority.
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I'm spending way too much time on this, but I went ahead and pulled up the 2017 (dated 1 July) seniority list. The junior EWR 737 FO on that list is #353 in base seniority on the Dec PBS awards and was awarded a line, as were numerous pilots below him.
If you've been on property for almost two years, you should be above him and the many other Dec EWR 737 FO lineholders.
If you correctly waived everything in one of your bid groups, you absolutely should have been awarded a line. You should have grieved it. I called to grieve not getting a line a couple of years ago and when the ALPA volunteer looked at my bid for that month, he told me the error that I made.