Originally Posted by
Xray678
in the ATL 330A, there were no posted vacancies, three people bid out and they awarded six. There are other categories that has the same thing. I always thought they could not award more than posted and/or contingency vacancies. Obviously I’m wrong but have never noticed this before. But it does explain all the movement generated from a bid with only 14 wide body captains posted.
I *think* this is where bypasses get a little weird. 6 ATL330A bid out - 3 of these got training bypass, but they’re still considered out for the purpose of the AE.
That left the door open for 6 to be awarded (actually 8 if you consider the 2 bypasses).
This is why bypasses have a snowball effect on others that will get paid more, but it is saving the resource of training time for the company which is (in their calculations) far more expensive.