Ok so sending a proffer to displace you get maybe 30-60 hrs PIC time more than a displacement bid. There's no other benefit to proffering to displace. Unless someone wants to poke another hole in my bidding rationale.

However when you proffer to displace you leave thousands of dollars on the table, and possibly less time on reserve sitting airport standby.

Is there a way to cancel a proffer to displace. Or is it only active for the bid closing date on the rf100 pdis. (Right now this shows the July vacancy). Meaning. I had it selected on the last bid.

I would check with the union since Domicile Procedures LOA referenced above says: “ II. Whenever a CAPTAIN is displaced ... yada yada ... 5 hours per month... etc”
So make sure it applies to FO->CA displacements...

Dang man, good catch. Guess I need to look for something else to exploit. :-\

Edit: On second thought, I just went back and reread the union email regarding this (subject: Displaced? Action Required by July 24, 2018). First, it explicitely states in the first paragraph "from a captain status" to be eligible but then second paragraph says 15.G.4'd into a captain status and then gives table that clearly shows FO displaced to CA being able to volunteer for the training freeze.

So, I guess this is covered somewhere in the contract/LOAs but I'm not sure where. I'm not likely to be qualified on the next bid if they do them every three months like they have been so this is on the back burner for me.

You guys are also missing one benefit to standing vacancy. You start getting captain pay right away while being a sr FO.

It doesn't matter the method of getting your captain status. Once awarded, you get captain pay while you're a senior FO waiting on training. I prefer the option of being displaced and going into training in reverse seniority order after all vacacnies such that I spend the longest amount of time possible as a senior FO on CA pay while also still receiving the FO retention bonus until fed ride.

From the mouth of the union.....the retention bonus stops as soon as CA pay is awarded.

(Edit) I thought this too. Even saw it in an email but was promptly shut down when I asked about it.

Hmmm, I remember seeing it in an email too which is why I said it. I'm going to have to go back and read the LOAs. I don't remember seeing anything that said the condition of the bonuses had changed.

Finally read the LOA and ya it says “when a first officer is awarded a captain status he will, for the purposes and vacancy bidding only, be considered to hold his awarded captain status and receive the appropriate hourly wage as if he had attained his captain status.”

Also, two pages before that it says the loa eliminates all training freezes for new hires...

The union email I remembered states "For those who are awarded CA pay upon award via the First Officer Advancement Program LOA, you continue to receive your retention payments under the provisions set by that LOA until "the pilot completes Captain upgrade training (Change in Status).""

And the email is dated after the latest LOAs. So the union was expecting this to play out as though you get captain pay on award and retention bonus until fed ride. But the quote from the LOA you have seems to say otherwise. Maybe the union got duped.

In any case, I still think you're better off trying to stay senior FO on CA pay rates as long as possible which is why you shouldn't vacancy bid.