The bid showed the furloughed guys going to EWR 737, EWR 757, IAH 737, and GUM 737. The most junior few got GUM.
According to the bid, several recalls were also awarded CLE 737.
GUM is all 737-800 so you get the higher pay being out there.
Not entirely true. GUM now has -700s as well. I believe the number is four. One reason that happened from what I understand was the addition of Fiji. Some -700s were swapped for an -800 or two.
Yes, the company is getting all the responses from the furloughed pilots. Once they have an idea of how many are returning, they can assign class dates in seniority order. Several are on military leaves or other longer-term commitments or have moved on. So I would expect that the most junior guys will train before April and maybe closer to January. Once the company knows how many of the 147 are returning they can condense that list and see how many slots are left to offer furloughed UA guys.
It will be interesting to see as some non-returning furloughed guys creates vacancies in the original bid award in other bases. They should then offer the furloughed guys the chance to move to another base (in seniority order) prior to returning. That will give a true final reflection of how many slots are available and in which seats. Some of those junior guys currently assigned to GUM on the bid may luck out and not have to go out there at all.