Originally Posted by
tennisguru
If the category has 100 pilots and the company needs 100 in the position, and 20 bid out, those backfills are eligible for new hires as long as everyone else on the seniority list who had a bid in was awarded a position. They don’t have to actually post positions as a part of an AE in order for spots to go to new hires.
My point was that I'm pretty certain they backfilled all the vacated positions and thus there shouldn't be any available to new hires. Don't get me wrong, I think it would be cool if 350 started going to new hires. I just can't imagine nobody in the bottom 2,000ish on the seniority list wanted it and there really were unbid positions left after the Aug AE.