Originally Posted by
mrdeux
That's not correct at all. They are all senior to the most junior 380 Captain, but that's only one slot. If the RINing process were to happen over time, and they all wanted 380, as it would be the most junior first, they'd end up displacing newly qualified ex 747 people continually.
Merging the two lists of bidders, and remembering that quite a few senior people are on 330/787 and even 737, means that you'd probably need a number of under 150 to end the dance on the 380...so that's about half of the 747 Captains.
Well, you have a point : BUT. A bunch of junior 747 pilots may displace some 380 pilots and, as you say, then be displaced again, then displacing off the next fleet down? This would cause multiple courses which nobody, let alone the company, would want! Anyone over 62.5 may not be eligble for a type course on longhaul type? They are not normally for bidding onto type. (Not sure during a rin, could get interesting!)
Junior checkies’ seniority numbers were used last time (or the previous classic rin) but the company elected to keep them on type.
Don’t worry about senior people on 330, 787 or 737, they do not get a look-in during a Rin, otherwise I would have got to the 380 during either the classic rin or the 747/767 rin!!