Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
that is not entirely true. The company MUST fill/backfill to the posted MIN (minimum) number. Filling above the posted MIN is at company discretion.
example SFO 737 CA has 200 pilots currently.
posted MIN 190. If 11 SFO CAs bid out only 1 MUST be filled the rest is at company discretion.
Since the company sets the min number the “MUST” is really a “Desired anyway” but yeah - once they put it out there they will fill it