Originally Posted by
johnso29
Thanks again for the reply sailingfun. This AE should be interesting to say the least. Why does the company want the 365 day option? Does it just give them an option to slow training during busy times? Or does it serve another purpose?
Johnso29<---------------Just a Northie trying to learn/understand the new system.
The 365 day bid allows them to get all of the bidding done in one shot and then convert pilots when they need them. For instance, probably some DC-9 30/40's might last through the summer, so they will slowly displace pilots until the end of the summer and then train the rest in September/October/November. With a 270 day bid they would have to run another bid in the spring/summer. That could generate more churn and more training. It decreases training cycles to have everyone jump to their final home in one bid. Especially when there are displacements and entitlements, multiple bids mean more churn. So I disagree with SailingFun, I think we will see DC-9 displacements in this bid. They will probably find homes on the A-320/MD-88.