I know that: the total adds up to only 10,260 pilots
Perhaps 2000 + pilots are going to be furlough soon

 

Interesting you would say that. The note at the bottom says "Active pilots are pilots not on a long term absence and are not projected to retire within the training period above [1/30/2014]"

Could that be the difference?

 

They moved it. It's under Flight Operations, sCO Staffing, Vacancy Bid, 14-02.

 

What's your best guess to the happenings going on. IT department, man power planning or management?

 

1402 Vacancy bid totals

_____________Active_____Min______Max______Vacancy
System CAP____4,380_____4,164____4,456_____76
System F/O____5,642_____5,437____5,807_____165

System Total___10,022____9,600____10,263____241

 

Rarely do the numbers match the way we think they should. CAL always seemed to have too few pilots to comfortably fly the hours, relying on paying 200% to get them through the peaks. Between the ISL (which was based on numbers 3 years ago) and active-only pilots today and CAL's staffing model, it looks like they're leaning things out. I think the JCBA has a staffing model in it, but it may not be in effect yet.

 

1402 Vacancy bid totals

_____________Active_____Min______Max______Vacancy
System CAP____4,380_____4,164____4,456_____76
System F/O____5,642_____5,437____5,807_____165

System Total___10,022____9,600____10,263____241

Total retirements between Oct 2013 and Feb 2014 - 79


Vacancy bid numbers below are correct:

Vacancy bid:
Category (Base-Equipment-Seat) # of positions in category

CLE-737-CA 109
CLE-737-FO 106
DCA-320-CA 157
DCA-320-FO 180
DCA-76T-CA 140
DCA-76T-FO 189
DCA-777-CA 149
DCA-777-FO 304
DEN-320-CA 228
DEN-320-FO 264
DEN-737-CA 95
DEN-737-FO 98
DEN-76T-CA 117
DEN-76T-FO 110
EWR-737-CA 340
EWR-737-FO 336
EWR-756-CA 338
EWR-756-FO 427
EWR-777-CA 151
EWR-777-FO 351
GUM-737-CA 72
GUM-737-FO 79
IAH-320-CA 49
IAH-320-FO 59
IAH-737-CA 645
IAH-737-FO 639
IAH-756-CA 162
IAH-756-FO 130
IAH-76T-CA 45
IAH-76T-FO 89
IAH-777-CA 45
IAH-777-FO 95
IAH-787-CA 62
IAH-787-FO 184
JFK-320-CA 46
JFK-320-FO 44
JFK-76T-CA 70
JFK-76T-FO 106
LAX-320-CA 107
LAX-320-FO 120
LAX-737-CA 93
LAX-737-FO 98
LAX-747-CA 17
LAX-747-FO 46
LAX-76T-CA 102
LAX-76T-FO 99
LAX-777-CA 35
LAX-777-FO 83
LAX-787-CA 0
LAX-787-FO 0
ORD-320-CA 241
ORD-320-FO 256
ORD-737-CA 95
ORD-737-FO 97
ORD-747-CA 0
ORD-747-FO 0
ORD-76T-CA 176
ORD-76T-FO 218
ORD-777-CA 97
ORD-777-FO 258
SEA-76T-CA 21
SEA-76T-FO 21
SEA-777-CA 12
SEA-777-FO 22
SFO-320-CA 116
SFO-320-FO 123
SFO-737-CA 40
SFO-737-FO 31
SFO-747-CA 156
SFO-747-FO 327
SFO-76T-CA 86
SFO-76T-FO 82
SFO-777-CA 71
SFO-777-FO 104

 

The IAH 756 numbers don't make sense. There are around 220 FOs now in that category and this bid shows 130 or so?

 

How many had bid out on the prior System Bid? I wonder if the reduction reflects all the guys that had taken bids previously and are now in training (or going in Oct or Nov)?

That seems like too large a discrepency for just that to explain it, but I also wouldn't think that IAH would need 200+ 67 F/O's , as there aren't that many departures from IAH on legacy CAL 57s or 67s.

 

Take a chill pill Dude, if that happens I'll be one of them.