Section 4 (A)(2)(b) The minimum bid period guarantee shall be reduced to a minimum of 48/60 CH before any pilot is furloughed. At least a full bid period must follow the announcement of this action. This provision shall only be used to prevent or delay a furlough.

Everyone has an opinion on this.

Here is mine--

A bid pack has to be built with 48/60 min BLG. What does that mean?

Some lines have to be 48/60. Highest 13 hrs more. Reserve lines calculated from new average, not off of 68 with buy-up.

Can they do it on the MD11 and Airbus? I don't think they can, right now. All three planes at 48/60 min appears too restrictive. Until, at least, the DC-10 is retired, crewmembers are retrained/checked out and the 757 takes some of the 727's flying.

Timeline? DC10 is being retired at the end of the year. Can't see anything bad happening until some time after that. Perhaps 2 to 3 months after.