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A majority of the captains will require a full course as most are first time captains. Most of B positions are coming from the 88 and only need 5 days. I am curious if that played a factor in the imbalance. Maybe they are witholding some until the next bid to make sure their is enough coverage on the 88 in the summer.

Remember, this is a 365 day bid, so they can (and will) post more bids in that time, where they can 'fix' the imbalance on the 717 right seat.

OR, maybe they know they have that many guys coming back from Mil Leave who will return to those slots?

Free Bird

03-20-2013 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ilinipilot (Post 1376030)

Why is that?
Because of the ease to transition to the 717 or did I miss sarcasm

Johnso got it. The 88 folks can still work on the maddog all summer and then go to school for 5 days and be ready for the schnauzer this fall.

Schnauzer = a little Mad dog

johnso29

03-20-2013 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DLpilot (Post 1376025)

Where does it say that those were unfilled positions? Maybe that just decided not to have that many openings on this bid.

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Originally Posted by DLpilot (Post 1376043)

I know how many were orginally posted. I am saying how do know if they simply just decided not to have that many openings in the end.

Well if the openings were there to begin with, wouldn't that make them unfilled? :p

Maybe they decided to leave them open rather then displace more. Or maybe they will flow people up. Hard to say.

johnso29

03-20-2013 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DLpilot (Post 1376051)

That is a possibility as well. I truly hope no one thought they would get the summer off!

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Originally Posted by Free Bird (Post 1376060)

Johnso got it. The 88 folks can still work on the maddog all summer and then go to school for 5 days and be ready for the schnauzer this fall.

Schnauzer = a little Maddog

Haha! Schnauzer! I like it. Or maybe we call it the Pug? :D

80ktsClamp

03-20-2013 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Free Bird (Post 1376060)

Johnso got it. The 88 folks can still work on the maddog all summer and then go to school for 5 days and be ready for the schnauzer this fall.

Schnauzer = a little Mad dog

I like it! Why not chihuahua? :) Those things have some tempers.

Speaking of dogs, giving my dog some of my beer last night was one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. He got all cuddly and clingy, became a bit uncoordinated and wobbly, and fell off the couch.. twice.

My wife was very upset she didn't get to see it.

TOGA LK

03-20-2013 02:42 PM

On a good note, we recaptured some DC-9 flying and apparently it went a whole lot senior than I thought it would.

TOGA LK

03-20-2013 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1376070)

Careful, lots of people do it but alcohol is quite poisonous to them, same deal with FAIPs.

cni187

03-20-2013 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1376026)

By my count, it's pretty much a wash for the bottom 15% of the list.

What do you mean by wash? Doesn't matter anyway Im moving back to res on the weekends since my wife wants to work tue-thurs and I'd rather watch the kiddo then have him go to daycare.

Avgwhitemale

03-20-2013 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TOGA LK (Post 1376088)

Careful, lots of people do it but alcohol is quite poisonous to them, same deal with FAIPs.

Alcohol isn't poisonous to FAIPs....it's a necessity in our daily lives....one might say we are "functional" :D

Purple Drank

03-20-2013 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1376026)

By my count, it's pretty much a wash for the bottom 15% of the list.

I'd say that varies from base to base. :(