And our line bidding can do that as well, so I'll ask again, what do you propse as the compromise since the research has proven your system to be a major loss for us. Not EVERYTHING about a bidding system revolves around vacation, though it is a huge factor.
Your line bidding WILL NOT grant that. You can only drop conflicting trips. You guys have no idea what your missing with our vacation low option. I have a vacation week and only need to build 37.5 hrs of credit (not block) for the rest of the month. Usually, its two 4-day's, but this last time I played carryover smarter. worked only 7 days in that month with 21 consecutive days off and a 75 hr paycheck.
All this talk is for nothing though. We are not being polled like '07 contract as to what is more important to us. MEC is rouge. I understand that the ERJ side wants a bidding system that degates seniority. I cant blame them as we have more longevity at the top of our list and nobody knows how that will settle out. But, I don't think that will matter much, because I think there will be very little base migration.
Personally, I think we are more in the driver seat than we think. ASA has virtually zero qualified resumes on file to call. More than 3 A-tech peeps have told be this. Delta and United both want us to do more flying, but we are turning it down because of fear to staff. Its on mainline and management to make this job more attractive so people apply.