Originally Posted by
Not2fast
How does DAL bid for aircraft position? Can we leave a preference in the computer for a base change and expect it whenever we can hold it, or do you have to wait for the company to open up a "vacancy bid" like a UPS kind of deal?
BTW. great idea for a thread. I haven't seen much worth while on here in the last few months, but maybe the tide is changing.
We usually have about 4 advance entitlements (AE) or vacancy bids a year. You usually have 10 days from the time the AE comes out until it closes. The company will put out what positions are to be filled/surplused (displaced) and then we find out whether or not they back filled the positions vacated as the published positions were filled. Obviously there's much more movement if all categories are correctly staffed and all positions filled as people move up. IE. Bill the 767 Capt and is awarded 777, Ted gets Bill's 767 Capt slot, and down the line.
The are three preferences you keep current in the computer or update when the AE comes out. Advance entitlement (what you want), voluntary displacement (what you'll take if someone junior to you in your category is going to be displaced), and mandatory displacement (what you want if your position disappears). The displacements come with a company move, I believe.?