Originally Posted by
skysdlimit
Ok ...I'm lazy and haven't studied it, nor does it really affect me (premerger Delta) what is bid period 5...5 months of trip bidding? No laughs please.
Bid period 5 is when NWA pilots will be fully operating by the terms of the new joint pilot contract. Bid period 5 will occur 5 bid periods after bid period 1. Bid period 1 will begin at "some point soon" as determined by the committee studying when bid period 1 should happen. Until then NWA pilots still operate under many of the old rules - which is highly advantageous to the new Delta.
And by the way, I'm not kidding. That's why we NWA guys make fun of "bid period 5."
Carl