Any intel/rumors on a post peak vacancy bid?

...especially in the 757....??

Looking at the current training letters:

- 757 Capt training runs out in Apr
- 757 FO training runs out in May...and the fleet is still growing!

- MD11 training is a trickle in Jan, Feb & Mar

- A300 is mostly lateral training after Feb

- Looks like 777 is the only "fat letter" and doesn't run out until May 2011

Given the recent pickup in international and domestic volumes, and what appears/is rumored to be at least a small increase in retirements, will the company really have the right balance of pilots come springtime??

My hunch is there could easily be a 757 bid for 35-60 slots in Jan or Feb --- especially in the FO seat --- which would fill out the training letter until Oct or Nov 2010.

Could such a bid even allow some ANC MD-11 Nugget FOs, currently headed to the back of the Boeing, stay in ANC a little longer waiting for a 757 training slot in the summer or fall?

Such a scenario may actually be advantageous to the company with regards to current undermanning in ANC FOs and future overmanning in the 727 SO seat.

Any 757 Flex's/LCAs care to chime in?

Discuss.