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LAXtoDEN
Forcing upgrades to new hires will still take around one year before they’re actually required to fill the Captain vacancy. So what are they going to do to fill those 200 unfilled positions? Couldn’t they just junior man upgrades to the pilots fresh off probation in seniority order?
Nope. Contract doesn't allow that!
So, the company is putting out bids now for Captain needs not just now, but also for late 24 early 25. Not sure what their true need is for the summer of 24, but I imagine whoever takes a bid for 737 Captain that can actually go to school legally right now will be going immediately. On paper some folks are going to look like they have a bunch of folks junior to them, but the reality is it will be some time before most of the bid holders in DEN,SFO or EWR are legal to go to Captain school.
Figure the bids will keep coming because they are going to have to make sure they can cover whatever the theoretical flying for the summer of 2025 is! With all the 737 deliveries that are scheduled that will be a bunch, but this is definitely a new risk for them as the summer 2025 plan is prob written in very lite pencil at this point