CAL System Bid is out

[Patriot328]

System wide:

37 Captain displacements

245 FO Vacancies




2 CLE and 3 GUM CA vacancies, all other base and fleet CAs are reduced.

777FO: 7 EWR vacancies and 10 reductions in IAH.

737FO: 95 EWR and 88 IAH vacancies. None in CLE, 3 in GUM

757FO: 35 EWR and 27 IAH vacancies.

 

[Phrogs4ever]

Yeah, and that's a minimum of 37 Captain displacements. Newark showed zero reductions in 737 Captains, but you can bet there will be a handful of Captains that haven't even been trained yet get bumped back to FO somewhere. System wide ripple effect.

 

[DHPFLYN]

How hard is it to get IAH 757 once training is over? Or is everyone mostly going to the 737?

 

[Flopgut]

170+ retirements NOT on the bid that should have been.

Hope those guys/gals enjoy it, cause they sure are screwing the rest of us.

 

[CAL EWR B737]

Of note the cover letter on the bid did say hiring will continue at 40 per month until the spring.

 

[pianoman]

Kind of torn here. I'm EWR 777 FO but not senior enough to hold it if displaced. So choices are 757 at ~84% currently or 737 at ~58%. I like the 756 flying better I think, but the schedules are pretty bad at that seniority.

Anyone flown both at CAL have any input?

 

[Phrogs4ever]

Also, forecasted retirements for 2008 ... 7.

 

[Flopgut]

Seemingly small bids often have the most drastic results. I bet this one will be a doozey.

 

[COpilot]

Kind of torn here. I'm EWR 777 FO but not senior enough to hold it if displaced. So choices are 757 at ~84% currently or 737 at ~58%. I like the 756 flying better I think, but the schedules are pretty bad at that seniority.

Anyone flown both at CAL have any input?

I was a Sr B727, moving to Jr B757 about 10 years ago. I would ask are you single, do you commute, do you care about destinations? Even jr trips to UK, and DOM on the B756 are good for commuting (plus I like the plane better), but above the splat line on the B737 might give you some choices but still, not very commutiable.

i'd lean B756 for myself, good luck.

 

[Furloughed80]

Are any of you factoring the potential for a merger in your bidding decision?

 

[pianoman]

I was a Sr B727, moving to Jr B757 about 10 years ago. I would ask are you single, do you commute, do you care about destinations? Even jr trips to UK, and DOM on the B756 are good for commuting (plus I like the plane better), but above the splat line on the B737 might give you some choices but still, not very commutiable.

i'd lean B756 for myself, good luck.

I definitely like the 756 better as a plane, but having a wife and baby and home, specific days off that match up with my wife's work schedule are very important, more so than money, destinations, or equipment.

I'm thinking I would have more control to get M-W off every week on the 73. Also the 756 has those ridiculous schedules where you work about 10 days straight sometimes.

 

[Paul R. Smith]

Are any of you factoring the potential for a merger in your bidding decision?

Seriously, how would that influence my bid?

 

[Jetjockey]

Seat locks and fences. Be in the seat, equipment you want for the next 5 years. Look at past precedence in previous mergers.

 

[Powda5]

I have a trn date in 2 weeks for EWR777FO. The way I read it, I can get out of that and stay in my current seat (even though it is a lower category IAH737FO)? Waiting on ALPA to return call.

If you DO go to training based off this bid, does the cnx of seat lock apply to what you are awarded--so you go to 777 and then can bid off it in 6 mo? Or is the seat lock cnx only so that you can PARTICIPATE in this bid and get awarded something (but then will have the lock)?

 

[instructordude]

What's the QOL for a 777 FO on reserve in EWR?