Originally Posted by
Red Forman
I don't see the logic behind the new vacancy bid. There are already 20 more captains than FO's on the 70/90 and they need 37 more captains and 14 more FO's. So that means we will have new totals of 219 captains and 176 FO's. Not to mention the minimum number of FO's they say they need is 180. Why do we need 43 more captains that FO's, and why are they putting themselves 4 FO's short of what they say they need? Does anyone ever even try to use their head over in the GO?
There are about 20 70-seat Captains listed as MGR status in the bid packet - Chief pilots, sim instructors, etc. Plus some line check guys, I'd guess?
And since the average 70-seat Captain has about 20 years seniority, that's a lot of vacation weeks the FOs don't have.