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With the closing of two bases known well in advance and a limited number of pilots who could bid, how hard can it be?

But then the SLG software program hasn't been changed since 2015 as promised.

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Originally Posted by pinseeker (Post 3627000)

FlyingBoxes is correct. When I made my statement, I was going by your statement that there were vacancies in the 75CM seat without checking for myself. That is my fault.

The clarification is in Section 24. You get a seat based on seniority if the dynamic staffing level is less than the minimum staffing level. That is a vacancy. The actual number of people in the seat is less than the required amount. The only seats that meet that requirement are the 77FM and 75FM. The rest of the seats are seats being made available for excess. The dynamic staffing level starts at the current staffing level listed in the bid, and then changes as the bid starts to fill out. In previous vacancy bids, the minimum and maximum staffing levels were the same, just like the 77FM on this bid. The company could have made the minimum and maximum levels in the other seats the same if they wanted. If they had decided to move the maximum level down to meet the minimum level, then there would have been a lot more pilots sent to the 75FM seat. If they had moved the minimum number up to the maximum, then everyone would have been able to bid as a vacancy, including those in the closed bases. Hope this makes it a little more clear.

^^ This is where all the confusion is coming from.. . Using the 76FM as an example, on the bid they say they are adding 104 767FM slots but yet the staffing currently shows 475/475/579. (current/min/max) Well to MOST people, that looks like there is 104 vacancies because they are ADDING those slots. But for contract bidding purposes, that is not considered a vacancy because current is equal to min. On most other seats, the min/max are the SAME.. As you stated, the company could have easily done the same with those numbers on that fleet but they wanted to control who goes where and decrease the training events.

Has there been any further explanation to the lack of Practice Bid 2?

Does the System Bid still close Monday?

I cannot find any information on PFC, company email, nowhere. Anyone?

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Originally Posted by CloudSailor (Post 3630381)

Has there been any further explanation to the lack of Practice Bid 2?

Does the System Bid still close Monday?

I cannot find any information on PFC, company email, nowhere. Anyone?

Practice bid 2 results and closing of the system bid both delayed because they have no idea what they are doing. Update forthcoming with the new dates of practice bid 2 and closing of the bid. Also updated anticipated throughput for MEM11 and MEM30 training to 0-4/month. FCIF yesterday

My FO said he saw the FCIF yesterday, I never got it and I'm told many others were also not in receipt. Who's running this clown show?

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Originally Posted by cgflier (Post 3630508)

My FO said he saw the FCIF yesterday, I never got it and I'm told many others were also not in receipt. Who's running this clown show?

There is an FCIF. FCIF 23-00229

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Practice bid #2 will now occur on Tuesday, 5/2 with the final bid closing on 5/8. Per FCIF this morning.

Does this mean that Practice #1 results were garbage? If so, shouldn't CE demand that they start over from square one just on principal alone? This place is turning into a sh!t$how at an ever-increasing rate.

Better yet, after they close the bid, file a grievance to invalidate the entire thing because of non-compliance with the contractual requirements of the bidding process.

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Originally Posted by Merle Haggard (Post 3630736)

Practice bids were wrong in 18-01. There was no grievance.

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Originally Posted by UnusualAttitude (Post 3630746)

Practice bids were wrong in 18-01. There was no grievance.

Yeah, well given the present environment I don't think we should let anything slide.