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Originally Posted by DrunkIrishman
For the upcoming MOAB, I am wondering what bidding strategy is best given the 12 month conversion window.
-Is it better to wait for the Fall bid to get an award because it will potentially convert sooner?
-How many of those that were awarded Captain on last year’s bid went in the final months of the 12 month window? Ergo, is it a smarter strategy to NOT bid a left seat on a MOAB?
As always, bid what you want and want what you bid. I’m just wondering if strategy needs to play part in this like I do when I bid monthly schedules.
I am considering bidding widebody FO on the MOAB. I don’t want to do that if my conversion would be the following summer considering I MAY be awarded the same seat on a Fall bid and convert much earlier.
Thoughts?
Honestly you are best to bid what you want. There are no guarantees that the position you want will be on the next bid unless it is a junior FO position.
This next bid is going to be a mess no matter how they run it. Just the displacements alone in MSP could make a pretty big ripple in other categories.
I think the company's idea that opening a 320/73N position for each 88 position up north is looking at things way too simplistically. There are guys that don't want to train or may only want to deal with a short course (717).
The most junior MSP88A can hold ATL88A, ATL717A, DTW717A, LAX717A, NYC717A
I think what would be interesting to see is where all of the MSP88As commute from. I know a high percentage are locals, but there are tons of people probably looking at other commutes.
Long story short, who knows what positions will be opened each bid based on the unknowns of pilot bidding.....