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?