As of right now I believe we are trying to fill as FO and upgrade our own pilots and if we can't keep up or provide enough upgrades we would have to resort to TRDEC. The bidding system as of right now is not available.
For me personally I am quite disappointed because even though I am not the most senior I enjoyed flying in the evenings/nights, HATE doing morning flights, LOVE layovers but now cannot bid for any of this. I use to get about 60% of my roster as bid requests.
I know some of my coworkers HATE layovers, LOVE mornings and HATE evenings. The complete opposite from me. They cant bid for what they want either OR swap with me which would both make us happier.
We are all hopeful it gets back to a balanced system in the future!
