Originally Posted by
pitchattitude
I would be willing to bet there is NO ONE who has the time when the bid closes escapes. The company still thinks they need 125 OTS DECs. They are not going to allow pilots to skip out when they are paying $45K to hire someone qualified.
And according to the contract interpretation, to be able to send DECs directly to a captain seat there has to be a standing vacancy, meaning more vacancies then eligible pilots on property.
And I’m pretty sure the company knows within a few pilots how many have the time and how vacancies to post.
I wonder how much it cost to send a 175 FO to 145 CA then to 175 CA. Those sim slots aren't cheap and time away from the line has to be added in. I have seen about six on the reserve list on the 145 CA DFW go back to training very recently. A forced upgrade plus a voluntary seat lock cost north of 8k.