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04-11-2015 | 02:48 PM

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pilot64golfer

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Originally Posted by N53 W030

To further add to this, Section 8-D-2 (Bidding Freeze) covers this. The language, however, uses the phrase "may be ineligible" so it looks like the company can unilaterally remove the freeze if they see fit. A bidding freeze does not preclude you from upgrading in your current "frozen" equipment or bidding the same equipment in a different base.. Also, there is a provision allowing you to bid a new base. Oddly, that provision is in addition to the provision allowing you to bid between bases in your frozen equipment so one assumption could be that you could bid different equipment in that new base.

Yes. The company can always do this. But I know a person that came back from a leave as an Airbus FO then took a Guppy bid for seniority. Then about 6 months later tried to bid 767 and didn't even show up on the snapshot. They told him he was on a bidding freeze.

04-11-2015 | 08:53 PM

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Andy

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9 Apr snapshot with unfilled positions:

DCA 320 FO 5 AWARDS 52 UNFILLED
DCA 756 FO 61 AWARDS 16 UNFILLED
EWR 737 FO 5 AWARDS 59 UNFILLED
EWR 756 FO 12 AWARDS 52 UNFILLED
IAH 320 FO 37 AWARDS 18 UNFILLED
SFO 737 FO 39 AWARDS 21 UNFILLED

10 Apr snapshot with unfilled positions. Final awards will be published on 15 Apr.

DCA 320 FO 5 AWARDS 63 UNFILLED
DCA 756 FO 69 AWARDS 7 UNFILLED
EWR 737 FO 6 AWARDS 62 UNFILLED
EWR 756 FO 13 AWARDS 52 UNFILLED
IAH 320 FO 50 AWARDS 3 UNFILLED
SFO 737 FO 44 AWARDS 18 UNFILLED

04-12-2015 | 03:20 AM

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N53 W030

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Originally Posted by pilot64golfer

Yes. The company can always do this.

Agreed. The company holds all the cards. Be prepared to sit in that aircraft for 24 months if you incur a bidding freeze.

04-14-2015 | 06:49 AM

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Boulderian

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Vacancy results are now posted

04-14-2015 | 06:52 AM

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steve0617

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Originally Posted by pilot64golfer

I don't know if this happened to the missus as the Pilot Service center never responded to our emails before we pulled her bid, but she was a 320 F/O voluntary that returned to the Guppy for seniority. When she put a bid in last fall for the ORD 777, she never once appeared on the daily snapshot PDF even though guys 1000 number junior were there.

Hmmmmm

04-14-2015 | 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Probe

I have been an airline pilot for 20 years. I have been adversely affected by 3 furloughs during that time. Never furloughed other than voluntarily.

I would say I am not negative, just pragmatic. Other opinions may differ.

I hope we grow the mainline. I just don't see it right now.

So, mainline block hours are increasing, we have a net gain of 20+ mainline jets YE2015, we are hiring 100 per month for the foreseeable future, and UAX is shrinking by 60+ airframes YE2015. What don't you see?