Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
I am actually very surprised how senior almost everything went. I guess the outline of when to expect training caused a lot to jump.
It will be interesting to see the final because of what is possible with secondary awards. Language from the Vacancy announcement below:
Section 8-C-4-a (see UPA Rewrite dated May 8, 2019 for details) will be utilized in this vacancy bid, and the
eligible categories are identified below. That provision allows for secondary awards, over and above the
number of advertised primary vacancies for a category, in order to meet training needs. Using EWR 777 CAP
as an example, that category has 10 primary vacancies listed below. Section 8-C-4-a gives the Company the
option to continue making vacancy awards, until EWR 777 CAP is awarded to 10 pilots who require training. In
other words, if there are lateral awards into EWR 777 CAP, awards may be made beyond the first 10.
Right now a bunch of the 777 CA awards are laterals, so they could create a good number more 777 CA slots to fill training.
- 4 DCA 777 CAP
- 1 EWR 777 CAP
- 3 IAH 777 CAP
- 3 SFO 777 CAP
So, as it stands right now there could be 11 more 777 CAP bids given out in the final award than are shown today. That, of course, would have a huge ripple effect down the seniority list.
Also, most of the DEN 737 CAP awards and almost all of the DEN 737 FO awards are laterals, so if they take advantage of the secondary award language for those locations, you could see a bunch more movement in Denver, potentially even "unfilled" 737 FO slots.
All of this depends on how much Manpower Planning uses that availability. Figure since they actually have gone out of their way to include the info in the Vacancy Announcement, we should see at least some secondary awards.