December 2024 Vacancy Awards
07-12-2024, 10:50 AM
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07-12-2024, 11:04 AM
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For those captains looking forward to those coming in below them...... Certainly sucks.
07-12-2024, 12:45 PM
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You're awarded a position on a vacancy but the company needs you in your current position more so you stay there. They can't skip over you in terms of seniority. You're paid at the higher pay rate of the two as of the effective date of the vacancy award (December bid month in this case) until you get released from your withhold on a future vacancy (4 per year minimum), or if you bid something else on a future vacancy. They have up to 12 months to withhold you, just depends. If they exceed 12 months you're removed from flying and are paid to stay home until you get trained (rare these days).
Some consider it a good deal to keep their current bidding seniority and be paid much much more to do so. Some don't.
Some consider it a good deal to keep their current bidding seniority and be paid much much more to do so. Some don't.
07-12-2024, 01:52 PM
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You're awarded a position on a vacancy but the company needs you in your current position more so you stay there. They can't skip over you in terms of seniority. You're paid at the higher pay rate of the two as of the effective date of the vacancy award (December bid month in this case) until you get released from your withhold on a future vacancy (4 per year minimum), or if you bid something else on a future vacancy. They have up to 12 months to withhold you, just depends. If they exceed 12 months you're removed from flying and are paid to stay home until you get trained (rare these days).
Some consider it a good deal to keep their current bidding seniority and be paid much much more to do so. Some don't.
Some consider it a good deal to keep their current bidding seniority and be paid much much more to do so. Some don't.
07-13-2024, 03:06 AM
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07-13-2024, 07:11 PM
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Also like AYB said, the numbers keep changing. Somehow they added 53 additional upgrades between the prelim and final awards.
My opinion is that this holiday season is going to be a staffing nightmare here with zero hiring, huge retirements, and lots of folks offline for training. Hope I am wrong.
07-13-2024, 09:35 PM
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Doubt it. The FO vacancy numbers don’t seem to indicate - well anything, really. They’re just theoretical spots for lateral moves more than anything else.
Also like AYB said, the numbers keep changing. Somehow they added 53 additional upgrades between the prelim and final awards.
My opinion is that this holiday season is going to be a staffing nightmare here with zero hiring, huge retirements, and lots of folks offline for training. Hope I am wrong.
Also like AYB said, the numbers keep changing. Somehow they added 53 additional upgrades between the prelim and final awards.
My opinion is that this holiday season is going to be a staffing nightmare here with zero hiring, huge retirements, and lots of folks offline for training. Hope I am wrong.
All the legacies added way too many seats and well outpaced inflation increases over the past year or two.
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