Originally Posted by
mainlineAF
If people wanted to wait for holidays and vacation they could have bid off on the March bid. We bid for vacation in January and you bid for the seat you’re currently occupying. Or at least that’s what i thought.
Why would you jump off an airplane 2 months before it’s going to be parked? No seat lock if you get displaced. That doesn’t make any sense.
Plus, look at last June bid. Group 2 captain dropped 400.
They wouldn’t bid off. I’m saying the next bid might be one month only? However it could also then include the MD80 displacements. Many MD80 pilots are senior to a lot. So now would be the time for pilots junior to them to bid the group 4 who didn’t and haven’t previously.
Once the 80 gets parked it could be a little stagnant for a few bids. I.e look at ORD with the MD80 then 767 then STL closure then 777 finally biting it. This bid might finally see some movement there but when you start retiring planes out of a base it’s a wild guess. Some may bid over now before those 80s park let alone 767 eventual closure in dfw too.