Happy that there will finally be recalls, but dissapointed in the way this bid turned out.

It looks to me like they won't really be backfilling the 787 positions. This bid is probably just to get a training plan started for who's-who on the 78 and recalls/COLA returns.
They're going to train the 787 guys starting in the spring and then send them back to their previous aircraft until the deliveries arrive in the 3rd qtr. (at the earliest) So its my guess that the recalls will bolster the staffing on the current fleet types (since recalls are supposed to start training in Nov.) and they'll use the spring 2011 system bid to actually back fill the 787 vacancies.

Another reason for the lower number of vacancies on this bid is the cancellation of the furlough mitigation LOA. There were around 60 leaves of absence, 60 reduced flying awards and an estimate of 100 furloughs saved by the scheduling changes of the LOA. Now that it will no longer be in effect, that will 'count' for another 150-ish vacancies filled.