Guppy SFO bids posted
08-18-2013, 07:53 PM
#61
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,866
I can totally understand the uncertainty about SLI and not choosing to bid over to the airplane, but I guess what I'm wondering is was there any information posted anywhere explaining the huge vacancies for 756 FOs? It doesn't seem proportionate to the rest of the bid. The reasons given in the bid bulletin were retirements and unfilled vacancies from previous bids, but it sure seems like they heavily loaded the 756
08-18-2013, 09:02 PM
#62
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2011
Position: EWR B737FO
Posts: 225
I can totally understand the uncertainty about SLI and not choosing to bid over to the airplane, but I guess what I'm wondering is was there any information posted anywhere explaining the huge vacancies for 756 FOs? It doesn't seem proportionate to the rest of the bid. The reasons given in the bid bulletin were retirements and unfilled vacancies from previous bids, but it sure seems like they heavily loaded the 756
08-18-2013, 09:09 PM
#63
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2011
Position: EWR B737FO
Posts: 225
Well my smart answer is 02-2014 isn't this year, it's next year. I really didn't even think about when it was effective, it's just normally a year out. But the real point is that the 757 schedules are basically the same as the 737 schedules, but the 737 has more choices with scheduling, at basically the same pay. And no seat lock with the ISL over hanging. And the reason there are so many seats is because on the last bid, that had a lot of seats, none of them got filled and they rolled over to this bid plus whatever new seats were added.
08-19-2013, 04:11 PM
#64
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2008
Position: 787 Captain
Posts: 1,512
They already knew about FAR 117 when 14-02 was originally published. Wouldn't the increased requirements have already been factored in?
08-19-2013, 05:26 PM
#65
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2011
Position: EWR B737FO
Posts: 225
Yes, FAR changes were one big factor butCAL has historically been chronically understaffed, in all fleets except the 777. System bid looks a year out, so the numbers, in a perfect world means everyone in their seats by Feb 2014. That never happens. 13-08 is a current example. Just the shear numbers of the 14-02, understaffing leading into the summer, retirements, JCBA, Upcoming FAR changes, delayed hiring, lack of sims and instructors and domino effect of 787 battery parking, made it less than zero chance that the CAL side alone could fill all those FO vacancies on the 737 and 756. It was not executable and I think most CAL guys would tell you that.
09-05-2013, 03:38 PM
#67
Banned
Joined APC: Aug 2010
Position: next to chronic complainers...
Posts: 364
09-05-2013, 04:41 PM
#68
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Posts: 430
But I just got the answer....7/12/05. Junior to me.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
