Originally Posted by
DLax85
If the company advertised "Max Staffing" is greater than "Min Staffing" AND "Max Staffing" is greater than "Current Staffing", then doesn't that constitute a vacancy in that seat?
I'm unsure how you determine that only 77FM & 75FM have vacancies. Thanks for any clarification you can provide.
Vacancy is any seat the current staffing is less than the MIN staffing.
A displaced pilot can be "assigned" into a category that has a MAX staffing greater than min staffing, but a non-displaced pilot can't necessarily bid into it
From the union Q&A email on the subject:
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- Crew positions the Company is willing to go “fat” (Max>Min) (e.g., 67FM); those will only be available to those pilots in crew positions that have pilots “subject to assignment” (e.g., 11CL)"
EXCEPT!!!! a senior pilot can go if that pilot takes the place of someone who would have been displaced from the same category, it's called a "stand in bid"
Example: 20 ANC MD11 FO's bid to A300FO, this puts the A300FO's 20 over the MAX staffing. so the bottom 20 A300FO's will get bumped. If a senior A300FO has a bid to say 767FO or anyplace he can hold, he could go and bump someone out of the 767FO spot and only 19 pilots in the A300 FO would get bumped.
Contract ref. 24.C.2.c
Clear as mud...