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08-25-2014, 01:02 PM
#21
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I have a question for someone that has done this dog & pony show before. (Displacement/Vacancy bid) After, now being through both it looks like they do a displacement to get guys to commit where they want to go. Then they look it over and come up with a vacancy bid. But, in my case IAH 737 looking at the vacancy bid letter the Max was 590ish and the min was 540ish. So that means they probably won't displace those bottom 50 or so they'll just let them stay or go to a different position? Letting the base decrease by natural attrition. Am I understanding this correctly? 
08-25-2014, 01:03 PM
#22
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Oh there has been LOTS of west cost love your just locked out of it.....#13 and 14 are due in a couple weeks
08-25-2014, 06:45 PM
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I have a question for someone that has done this dog & pony show before. (Displacement/Vacancy bid) After, now being through both it looks like they do a displacement to get guys to commit where they want to go. Then they look it over and come up with a vacancy bid. But, in my case IAH 737 looking at the vacancy bid letter the Max was 590ish and the min was 540ish. So that means they probably won't displace those bottom 50 or so they'll just let them stay or go to a different position? Letting the base decrease by natural attrition. Am I understanding this correctly?
All week to think about it, or not. Missing anything?
08-25-2014, 07:34 PM
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08-25-2014, 08:53 PM
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08-25-2014, 09:11 PM
#27
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Man, I'm on the outside, face pressed against the window looking longingly in but... Does that mean newhires aren't going to the 73' right now?
08-25-2014, 09:17 PM
#28
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Vacancies are a regular feature with many retirements and the company adjusting fleet sizes for many reasons. Current employees get first dibs on these of course. With the size of the 737 fleet there will likely always be new hires going into it.
08-25-2014, 09:22 PM
#29
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Gotcha. That makes more sense. Guess every company calls their various bids something different. Again, as an outsider, I thought the 737 and 787 fleets were the only ones seeing growth so was surprised not to see the 737 on the list.
08-25-2014, 09:24 PM
#30
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I was going to be happy that 6 or 7 ahead of me are bidding either IAH or EWR CA, but then I noticed 15 below me are leaving. With only 80 positions left or so, that may be bad news for my line :-/. Still glad to see guys getting to where they want to go!
