The first excess bid this year had everyone fooled until the second one came out. We are likely getting fooled now too.

I suspect this one will have many fake parts about it. No way 800 training events are going to happen. If they can pick and choose which airplanes or seat positions to train for they will. Elimination of passover and over 60 SOs making 124/hr will be the priority. Training purple nuggets to move to MEM (many commute) to do the same job will pay off quickly at 85/hr. An old guy will only make about 7-10/hr more than a junior widebody CA.

I have a hunch that this is preparation for the 777 bid too. The company hates it when newhires roll into widebodies or SOs camp out for years and struggle with FO upgrade because no one wants to be junior in a base. Nevermind that the company causes this problem with the optimizer and pairing construction.

So the answer is to downgrade some internationally seasoned MD11 CAs and FOs. Guys and gals that would have normally passed on the 777. Then come out with the 777 bid and watch everyone hungry for their old pay rates go for it.

Or so my theory goes....

I think you are dead nuts on.

you guys just don't know how bad things actually are!

OK, BoyCaptainIntel how bad are they.... Things that is.

How about a little more info.

Sounds like you see furlough.

Sounds like a bunch of drama.....

Yeah, it is drama.

Do you work at the same place I do? Been drama for some.

More drama here than in real life....

Is that flame bait, a post and run, or what? I know from your previous posts that you are senior, your seat is safe, you're 39, you have a crush on R1200RT. This post, however, doesn't give away much! Want to elaborate?

Just in time for contract openers. Demoralize, discombobulate, downgrade,cut pay. Gee, what a coincidence. Oh yeah, I forgot, we are hemoraging money.