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08-12-2013 | 03:20 PM
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08-18-2013 | 02:35 PM
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Can anyone explain the large number of 756 vacancies for FOs (EWR and IAH) on this bid? Are aircraft shuffling around from the UAL side to cause this? I wouldn't think that because the CA vacancies are disproportionate. Has there been some sort of announcement about augmented flying or something?
08-18-2013 | 04:17 PM
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I think the 756 flying is crap. I would be a full 10-15% higher in seniority in BES on the 756 but my schedule looks better on the 737 and the pay is virtually the same. That's in IAH. Plus on the snapshot that shows what you would hold a year from right now, a lot can change between now and one year, like an ISL. I'm not going to jump to a new plane and get seat locked prior to the isl only to find out that pre isl is 40% but post isl is 90% for BES.
08-18-2013 | 04:24 PM
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I think the 756 flying is crap. I would be a full 10-15% higher in seniority in BES on the 756 but my schedule looks better on the 737 and the pay is virtually the same. That's in IAH. Plus on the snapshot that shows what you would hold a year from right now, a lot can change between now and one year, like an ISL. I'm not going to jump to a new plane and get seat locked prior to the isl only to find out that pre isl is 40% but post isl is 90% for BES.
08-18-2013 | 04:25 PM
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I can totally understand the uncertainty about SLI and not choosing to bid over to the airplane, but I guess what I'm wondering is was there any information posted anywhere explaining the huge vacancies for 756 FOs? It doesn't seem proportionate to the rest of the bid. The reasons given in the bid bulletin were retirements and unfilled vacancies from previous bids, but it sure seems like they heavily loaded the 756
08-18-2013 | 05:47 PM
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Well my smart answer is 02-2014 isn't this year, it's next year. I really didn't even think about when it was effective, it's just normally a year out. But the real point is that the 757 schedules are basically the same as the 737 schedules, but the 737 has more choices with scheduling, at basically the same pay. And no seat lock with the ISL over hanging. And the reason there are so many seats is because on the last bid, that had a lot of seats, none of them got filled and they rolled over to this bid plus whatever new seats were added.
08-18-2013 | 06:53 PM
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I can totally understand the uncertainty about SLI and not choosing to bid over to the airplane, but I guess what I'm wondering is was there any information posted anywhere explaining the huge vacancies for 756 FOs? It doesn't seem proportionate to the rest of the bid. The reasons given in the bid bulletin were retirements and unfilled vacancies from previous bids, but it sure seems like they heavily loaded the 756
08-18-2013 | 08:02 PM
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I can totally understand the uncertainty about SLI and not choosing to bid over to the airplane, but I guess what I'm wondering is was there any information posted anywhere explaining the huge vacancies for 756 FOs? It doesn't seem proportionate to the rest of the bid. The reasons given in the bid bulletin were retirements and unfilled vacancies from previous bids, but it sure seems like they heavily loaded the 756
08-18-2013 | 08:09 PM
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Well my smart answer is 02-2014 isn't this year, it's next year. I really didn't even think about when it was effective, it's just normally a year out. But the real point is that the 757 schedules are basically the same as the 737 schedules, but the 737 has more choices with scheduling, at basically the same pay. And no seat lock with the ISL over hanging. And the reason there are so many seats is because on the last bid, that had a lot of seats, none of them got filled and they rolled over to this bid plus whatever new seats were added.
08-19-2013 | 03:11 PM
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They already knew about FAR 117 when 14-02 was originally published. Wouldn't the increased requirements have already been factored in?
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