Originally Posted by
Skytrucker01
As someone who would love to be in the lofty WB FO seat, when does the system bid close out? Or haven’t they announced it yet?
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There isn’t a bid open at all.
At best, there won’t be a bid until late winter/early spring. That is when they have typically occurred over the past few years. I think there is an expectation that there will be a bid during that same time period next year.
That being said, I heard during the last Union Meeting in Ops that the next big might be as late as the Fall of 2020 with some clean up bids prior to that. Typically those smaller bids are used to keep training in a particular fleet and/or to staff Cologne or Hong Kong. They don’t typically create a lot of movement.
I haven’t looked at the training letters lately to see if there are many people yet to train. I know Captain Upgrades on the 76 have slowed dramatically.
The company, in my opinion (shared by many as well) has a strange view with bids. They rationalize the big bids as ‘budgeted’ for the fiscal year with the accounting people. Makes sense in a way; however, the company always then turns around and makes a statement that things have changed and they are taking a new look at the staffing needs.
Seems logical then to run smaller/more frequent bids.
I’ve been at airlines that run bids quarterly and monthly. Would love to see a quarterly bid here personally. But, misery loves company. I’ve got a friend at Delta and they seem to run these massive bids as well.