Practice bid
 

Did I read something recently that said there was going to be 3 practice bids for this FDA bid? Or was I just in the middle of a hub turn imagining random things?

You read it here ...


Bid 07-03 Practice Bid Additions
FCIF 07-0555 (Admin)
Issued: 10/11/07 2134z
Source: JL
Suspense: 11/19/07
Approved: JL

ALPA and several crewmembers have suggested more practice bids to help
crew members try to figure out sooner that if they want to bid the FDAs,
do they have a chance of holding them? Good suggestion.

In addition to the already scheduled practice bid on November 13th, Bill
Hauser's manning mafia has agreed to add practice bids on October 22nd and
November 1st. The bid still closes on November 19th. The sooner you bid
what you think you really want to do, the more accurate these will be for
the fence-sitters trying to pick a spot.

There was an FCIF, there will be additional practice bids, today and Nov 1st.

Thanks guys.....I thought i was halucinating. Cant wait to see the random ridiculousness later this afternoon when I view the 1st practice bid. Should be a hoot......

no way that many widebody captains are going to be 75 Capts in MEM:confused:

Am I reading this right? They were looking for 44 HKG F/O's and got 11. They were looking for 37 CDG F/O's and got 29. Is that correct or am I misreading the whole thing?

Bottom guys in some left seats:

Practice Bid 1

30CM: 1967

75CM: 2595

11CA: 2603

CDG capt: 3436

27CM: 3490


HKG Capt: 3898

You are reading it correct, pretty amazing that the FDA's did not fill on a practice bid !

LOTS of SFS Captains on the HKG list, wonder if they are going to stay that way...:rolleyes:

Old Heads -

Yeah, yeah, I know practice bids are worthless....;)

BUT, riddle me this Batmen:

Are the # of secondary vacancies shown on the "practice bids" something that is well correlated to the number that will actually be shown/filled on the actual bids?

...are the # of secondary vacancies controlled contractually, if in fact they are created by those awarded primary bids?

...or is it something that management can just decide to fill, or not fill, after they see the primary bid results?

Looks like they'll need 38 "Purple Egg Rolls" and 8 "Purple Croissants":o....

....OR alot of STV!!:eek: