Thread: FDX 777 bid
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Old 12-16-2007, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by AerisArmis View Post
We get our first 777 in 09. When the first bid comes out, I suspect that every Capt award will go to a 60+ guy. If you can't have 2 60+ on an international flight, I wonder how the company will handle the 60+ guys who bid the right seat? I see lots of passover pay and a scheduling nightmare for the company. This could get real interesting.
I suspect you are wrong. What is the incentive to bid it except it is new. Why would anyone want to go from the choice of 400 lines to 10-12 lines even if number 1. No more double DHDs, flying to your home city, the ability to fly to a different area of the world each month, the same pay rate.
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