If these rumors aren't coming from the FAs or the pilot wives facebook page then I call them totally untrustworthy!

Seriously though I hate this annual system bid setup.

1 chance per year to make a huge decision on your position, there's a long wait period to see the results AND now we have issues with the awards. I really hope that the union gets tough on the next round of negotiating and we go back to more regular system bids. I may be totally out of touch but is there any other airline that does annual bids like us?