Originally Posted by
PIPErdrvr
Wait, so more pilots can be awarded a vacancy than are posted. I didn't think so. I thought once the 13 or so were filled no one else would be awarded it.
This is called "backfilling." If on the vacancy bid there are no openings for OFE, but 10 OFEs chose to preference bid for LGA then that creates 10 OFE openings that could be awarded if you have them in your preferences (or displacements preferences). Sometimes youll notice on vacancy bids they say we wont backfill the first 10 OFE, 20 OCE, etc. In that case it would mean nobody would go to OFE if only 10 OFEs chose to go to LGA. If 11 OFEs went to LGA then 1 person in the company would be awarded an OFE slot. Clear as mud?