New Vacancy Bid open today. Closes May 4th.

SFO 787 CA 10 SFO 787 FO 10
LAX 787 CA 5 LAX 787 FO 8
IAH 787 CA 5 IAH 787 FO 8

Saddest vascabcy bid ever.

Proof that the 25th airframe will be delivered by the end of the year

I was wondering about that. So does that mean the fences will drop this year?

Never mind, the other thread goes into great detail answering my question.

By the SLI award, the fence comes down the minute that the 25th airframe is delivered. That's currently scheduled for this November.

And L-UAL will be able to bid on #s 28 and above.

What happens between 25 and 28, as in who can bid it?

First, congrats to the Ex-Cons who will be able to move up to the 787. Sincerely. Upward movement is a great thing and we will all benefit from these vacancies.

I've been glad to see less internal fighting between former CAL and UAL and I'm hoping that it gets down to the point where it's only the rare outlier pilot who is unable to put the merger behind them by the time the fences come down.

These 787 vacancies will create vacancies in other fleets that will need to be backfilled. The 10 787 CA vacancies could trigger as many as 50 additional vacancies in other fleets/seats.

And 1509V so quickly after 1508v closed out is a darned good thing. That's the shortest time between vacancy bids I've seen.

Except for the L-UAL pilots who actually read the award (para. B-5). Those guys will be able to bid the 787 after the 25th airframe is delivered. Conversely, the L-CAL guys can bid the 747 at that time.