Originally Posted by
Stan446
Nope. Wrong again. The company will have to create vacancies for those being displaced or they would have to furlough. Where do you think the junior guys on the MD or 777 are going to go if there are no openings anywhere else? You think the company is going to send guys to fleets that are downsizing? Yep, Bunch of guys getting sent to the A300, no.
There is a reason the union sent out a comm recommending everyone review the Q&A from 23-01 and 24-01.
2. A broader picture.
There are basically four components in this System Bid:
i. Base Closures (e.g., 11CA)
ii. Reductions in numbers in crew positions (e.g., 77CM)
iii. 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)
iv. “Vacancies” (77FM and 57FM)
All those buckets will run simultaneously in the System Bid processing based on a set of operating
principles found in Section 24 and the OIM.
If you are a pilot that is not initially part of the four above, it does not mean you are “protected” in
your seat, especially if you are relatively junior in that seat. More senior pilots coming into your seat,
though it may be static as to Current, Max, and Min (e.g., 67CI), may result in pilots in your seat being
“pushed out.”
Where a pilot ends up will be determined by system wide seniority.