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03-21-2023 | 09:39 AM

KODI3

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Realignment Bid

How does the realignment bid work?

03-21-2023 | 09:48 AM

Flying Boxes

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How does the realignment bid work?

Company decides where (# in each seat, for every aircraft) they need pilots. Run a bid allowing seniority to determine where you end up. Those forced to move don’t have a seat lock.

junior pilots that move backwards complain. Senior pilots tell tales of past excesses. Junior pilots whine about senior pilots! History repeats itself!

03-21-2023 | 09:58 AM

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Are there practice bid results as in a system bid?

03-21-2023 | 10:14 AM

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Are there practice bid results as in a system bid?

Yes, of course. Think its contractually required.

03-21-2023 | 10:49 AM

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Hypothetically if you get excessed out of the CA seat, do you have to go through the same 3 month ITU CA training when you eventually can hold the seat of the aircraft displaced off of?

03-21-2023 | 11:09 AM

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Hypothetically if you get excessed out of the CA seat, do you have to go through the same 3 month ITU CA training when you eventually can hold the seat of the aircraft displaced off of?

I think it depends how long you are out of the seat. So given how long we take in between bids, Yep.

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03-21-2023 | 11:24 AM

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You can bid to relieve excess and change fleets/bases, if a senior pilot bids to relieve then a junior pilot may not get bumped. Bidding to relieve also may entitle you a move package to base, I would have to dive into the contract to remember all the details.

03-21-2023 | 11:31 AM

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Is there a difference between realignment and displacement? The contract wording seems to lean towards your explanation, but let’s say an ANC11 CA bids to MEM11 FO and now that seat is overmanned. How would a junior FO not get bumped? They couldn’t force that prior ANC CA to go to a more
open seat aka 75FO could they?

03-21-2023 | 12:00 PM

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I believe in your scenario since the ANC CA is bidding to relieve the pilot can go anywhere their seniority holds. If the pilot bids out, assuming ANC was not closing, that would let a junior ANC CA stay in ANC, but yes if MEM11 FO is overmanned a MEM FO would get pushed out unless enough pilots in that seat bit out above him.

03-21-2023 | 01:05 PM

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Has anything been officially posted other then on JF..ok didn’t think so…Carry on..and welcome to the airlines for all those loosing their heads over this.