Did you bid for all 3 weeks as one block? And get it? If so, you’re done. Or did you only have 1 week to bid? If so, you’re done.

If you have weeks left, you need to bid for placement of those weeks in round 2-4, which happens all in one bid.

Also, as a heads up, this is completely separate from the vacancy bid...

Don’t be surprised. G2 captain at the lower levels of seniority percentage are worked like sled dogs. Add in the number of commuters, particularly at bases like LGA where it’s super expensive to live, and the lack of commutable trips at that seniority and you will see a resistance to bidding captain from people that can hold G3 and especially G4 f/o, aka “dozing for dollars”. I hear it every trip I fly. Not many guys want to deal with the constant reroutes and multi leg days.

Any predictions on how jr GP 2 CA goes over the next few yrs say out to 2021 with increasing retirements. Any chance it goes above 12,500-13,000??!!

I'm guessing it will hover around the same % where it is currently.

Not at all true for me. G2 NB CA has been a lot more relaxing, with a lot more time at home, than WB Intl FO ever was for me. And I’m not near as tired. I barely get rerouted/RA’d. In fact G2 CA has been the best gig so far in my 19 years here. But hey to each their own

It will only go lower if we grow

SC reserve in base?

While I get reassigned all the time so disagree with you on that - as a G4 FO were you sitting reserve or holding a line? And we’re you living in base or commuting? If a lineholder what type of trips and days off were you holding? Just curious as I might move to a hub and bid group 4.

I was all about trying G4 FO, but looking now, I doubt I’ll do it. I’d be just as jr on 320 CA but making a lot more money. People talk as if you’ll hold a line as a G4 FO quicker, but it looks the same to me and $40ish K more a year.

I’ll probably do 6 months G4 and bail for G2 CA. As a bonus it costs an extra training cycle to the company.

Run the numbers...
90hrs G4 FO ≈ 73hrs G2 CA.

It'll come down to your preference for line vs res, and type of flying.