Mesaba Multi Class Bid

[Peanut Chaser]

what is a multi-class bid? and how does Mesaba save money doing this?

 

[RampTower]

what is a multi-class bid? and how does Mesaba save money doing this?

The benefit of a multi class bid is that it allows a pilot to see where he will end up at the end of the displacements, without having to move to various domiciles or change aircraft on an interim basis. The multi class bid also allows pilots to use their seniority to bid for class dates. Because the multi-class bid "skips" the interim moves, it saves the Company money in training and moving costs by eliminating redundant displacements.

One danger of a multi-class bid - especially in light of the fact that the Avros (the more senior equipment) are being removed from the schedule prior to the SF-340's (generally more junior) is that pilots be displaced out of seniority. We have addressed that issue by explicitly providing for pay protection. Any relatively more senior pilot who displaces to a category (seat and equipment) ahead of a junior pilot displacing to the same category will be fully pay protected, on a one for one basis. The Letter provides that ALPA and the Company will jointly identify the pilots who are entitled to pay protection, and this list will be published to the pilots. No pilot will need to individually try to track his pay. Examples of how the pay protection will work are included in the Letter.

 

[captpetefam]

What it means...

So to break this down for those who don't understand it:

Avro Capt's. in CVG and the lower 1/4 of the guys in DTW and MEM know they can't hold it soon.

At best, the think they can hold Saab Capt. so they think they will stay there.

However, when the Multi-class bid comes out and shows that the best they will be able to hold soon is Saab FO, it thereby saves the company training costs by skipping retraining them as Saab Capt's.

It simple, rather than having double training events, they can just bump right to the bottom. Oh, yeah... this is GREAT!

So, when my name doesn't even show up on the Multi-class bid, does that mean... :beer:

Seeeeeeya,

CP

 

[Peanut Chaser]

Hey Capt Pete...

Is it possible to elect you for Wycor's job? Thank you for breaking this down into english!

PC