System Bid 16-103 will open on Monday, December 19, 2016. This bid will include 301 vacancies to be filled by new hire pilots. The bid will post on the Flight Operations website by 5:00 pm on Friday, December 16, 2016.

Vacancy Bid 16-103 will add:
40 Captains on the ANC 74Y
17 First Officers on the ANC 74Y
51 Captains on the SDF 757
14 First Officers on the SDF 757
25 Captains on the SDFZ 757
15 First Officers on the SDFZ 757
10 Captains on the ONT 757
5 First Officers on the ONT 757
7 Captains on the MIA 757
1 First Officer on the MIA 757
35 Captains on the SDF A30
19 First Officers on the SDF A30
11 Captains on the ANC M1F
14 First Officers on the ANC M1F
26 Captains on the SDF M1F
11 First Officers on the SDF M1F.

This bid adds a total of 205 Captains and 96 First Officers.

Good stuff! Vacancies across the board.

Is this MOAB enough for the doomsayers here?

While glad to see a vacancy bid, I also wonder about the commute to ANC. It is an already ridiculous commute at times, but adding another possible 57 commuters could present a real problem getting to work.

You mean 82?

BINGO!

This was one of my biggest disappointments with the new contract. At a few GMM meetings I got the impression ANC commuting was very high on their radar and that they're looking into it. Limiting P3s would've been the ideal way of handling it.

Instead they incorporated a 24-hour double-booking lock? So once again, someone poops and everyone must wear a diaper.

In the meantime:

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I have pages and pages of this notification saved on my phone.
I'm very happy about us hiring more pilots but I suspect commuting to/from ANC will get even harder. :-(

I suspect this will make the junior captain a 2006 or 2007 hire.

Exactly. Public math here.

I would be surprised if that was the case. Every bid a few more who have been bypassing choose to upgrade because they hit the "number" they want below them. I believe it will get to 04 hires and possibly 05 hires, but I just don't see it going lower since 06-07 hires are 4-500 numbers away.

There will be plenty more chances with only 40 747 captains on this bid. That'll get them through the first 3 planes but not much beyond

Still good news.

Odd. 51 Captain slots on 757 Domestic and only 25 CA slots on 757Z. Even though the Z CA list is greater in Total. One would think it would be inverse.