Bid Anytime Soon?
04-07-2012, 05:40 AM
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I looked at all the training letters.
It's kind of hard to spot when the real classes end, and when the LCA / A65 etc. begin.
Here's a rough guess. There are classes scheduled past these dates, but they don't look like a full training schedule:
A/C--------Last full class
30------ 07 May
27------ 21 May
57------ 02 July
777----- 25 July
11------ 20 August
It's kind of hard to spot when the real classes end, and when the LCA / A65 etc. begin.
Here's a rough guess. There are classes scheduled past these dates, but they don't look like a full training schedule:
A/C--------Last full class
30------ 07 May
27------ 21 May
57------ 02 July
777----- 25 July
11------ 20 August
04-07-2012, 06:11 AM
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Yep. Exactly. But really, it puts the company in a bit of a problem. You can't very well let the other fleets not to be replenished with a bid just because you're worried about having HKG go unfilled. You'll always have your captains filled over there, so even if a significant portion of guys left, you can SIBA it and just keep pumping it full of new hire FOs...until you close the whole thing down...please!
Therefore, the March/April bid will be along in July/August, just like always.
WM
Therefore, the March/April bid will be along in July/August, just like always.
WM
04-07-2012, 06:41 AM
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Of course not.
I believe they need/want various unresolved FDA issues dealt with before putting out a bid that will have US based primaries and secondaries available that nearly any FDA pilot can hold, coupled with then having to fill the empty slots left by vacating FDA crew members.
I could see this bid delayed for some time.
I believe they need/want various unresolved FDA issues dealt with before putting out a bid that will have US based primaries and secondaries available that nearly any FDA pilot can hold, coupled with then having to fill the empty slots left by vacating FDA crew members.
I could see this bid delayed for some time.
04-07-2012, 06:58 AM
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04-07-2012, 07:53 AM
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That's even without messing with current manning and making a couple of bid packs short.
04-07-2012, 08:02 AM
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If history is a guide, they might just have an excess bid out of the 727 to fill training slots ahead of any vacancy bid. Or, economy dependent, more excess bids.
Notice I didn't say "fill vacancies". They might choose to have an excess bid out of the widebodies after training is under way for the excess out of the 727. It worked before
Notice I didn't say "fill vacancies". They might choose to have an excess bid out of the widebodies after training is under way for the excess out of the 727. It worked before
04-07-2012, 08:12 AM
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October 2012 can't come soon enough. Peak should be VERY interesting, with all the new high-mins captains in the system.
For some reason known only to decision makers (protecting passover for ....... maybe?), we are forbidden to have semi-regular, small or medium-sized bids. We have humongous bids once a year or 18 months or longer, that topple every domino in the system.
Result--chaos and confusion, unpredictability, and training letters that stretch out two years in the future. Just what we all want.
Are you listening, SCP and management? More to the point--do you care?
For some reason known only to decision makers (protecting passover for ....... maybe?), we are forbidden to have semi-regular, small or medium-sized bids. We have humongous bids once a year or 18 months or longer, that topple every domino in the system.
Result--chaos and confusion, unpredictability, and training letters that stretch out two years in the future. Just what we all want.
Are you listening, SCP and management? More to the point--do you care?
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