Originally Posted by
FlyingSlowly
Possibly fewer backfills than you might expect with WBFO MIN levels lower across the fleet:
Allowing up to 47 & 41 FOs to bid away from their 777 and 787 seats, respectively, without backfills.
Certainly hope the 787 seat certification issue is short-lived!
MIN is a tool to control training and limit transfers out of critical bases. Same with WB FO. We aren't "overstaffed" on it because the min is less. They want to control awards via bids and not via backfills.