My bet would be 70/30. There are a lot of DAL-S guys up here that have been relegated to commuting (including present company) and now have the opportunity to be based were they live. It will be interesting to see the bid. I say it will be out by 4pm Mecca time on the 18th. I still have a chance.............I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Denny

 

Was thinking of bidding SEA, but I wonder about crashpad type locations? and I believe the 330 will draw down on the next bid anyway, so I wanna see that play out first. What are some good areas to live within say a 2 hour drive up that way?

 

So the 22 aircraft at Freedom that are a part of this ruling I thought might end up in your old stomping ground ACL, what do you think now?

 

Good luck!

I think SEA will be very different for A's vs. B's. There aren't a lot of F/O's that used to be based in PDX or SEA for DAL, even if both positions naturally have people living in the Northwest. My guess is CA's go ridiculously senior, and F/O's go senior-junior, with the bottom half surprisingly junior. When I took a look, it appeared there were comparatively less pilots senior to me bidding SEA 7ERB, v.s. some of the current categories.

As far as "North vs. South", I would guess nearer to 50-50. I would also guess some 330 slots open on both sides, for a handful of people in each seat that are tired of Reserve. I would guess those are back-filled by North only. I haven't seen any South guy go to the 330 yet (not saying it's not happening). For whatever reason, I think the South guys look more to the 764, and the North guys the 330, when they're in that seniority range.

 

Me hopes they end up in the bucking desert!

 

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Nothing - only ULH has to have the 48 hr layover.

Is the aircraft sitting there with you? Or is it being used? Sounds like a question for the SOT.

 

Question for the moderators -
Do you guys have to read all the posts on this webboard?

Holy Cow! I have over 200 posts - only 10000 more to go to catch up to ACL

 

A couple SLC 90 Captains bid to the 330 B position on the last bid so there are a couple.

 

I have wondered the same thing and I have heard that there is something contractually that requires it to be a 4 day now, but I have never been able to figure it out for sure...... Now for me I get really tired of the NRT Radisson breakfast.

 

Arent the Freedom planes all ERJ-145's? His old stomping ground doesnt operate ERJ's so i doubt they'd take on a new type of aircraft just for 22 old beat up ERJs. Now the block hours may get shifted to other companies depending on what Ma DAL wants to do.