Airline Pilot Central Forums - Vacancy Bid 1403V

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Originally Posted by SpecialTracking (Post 1509118)

Thought sCAL was staffed just right and sUAL was overstaffed. With all the 787s coming on the property for sCAL only, new Guppies, plus retirements, one would think there would be more 737, 756, and 777 bids but all we see are Guppy FO bids. Btw, how is 1402/02A working for ya now? ;)

They have all of the L-Cal fleets set at max for staffing because they don't want to pay pilots the higher 2nd year pay on that said fleet. For instance, back in 2005-2006 we had new hires going into the 777. That was all fine and dandy until 2nd year pay came into effect and then the accountants had a fit.

There will probably be a few opening for L-UAL pilots to get into on something other than a 737, "guppy", or "light twin" as I call it. It'll just take a few more of these new vacancy bids that come out every month. Patience is the key folks.

I'd say within 3 years every pre-merger pilot will have an opportunity to be in the fleet that they want to be in (that's fleet, not seat), with all of the upcoming retirements.