(the post which prompted the response below has been removed for some reason , but my response below is still relevant)
BoxcarWhilomena / everyone .
I have a copy of a letter from BALPA . which states "disregard the latter part of vacancies ref who's eligible: bid for what YOU want........" . In other words the table of how many vacancies are available on each fleet should be ignored when bidding .
Regardless of how many vacancies are available on each fleet , you are guaranteed a position on one of them , unless there are'nt enough vacancies for everyone , then obviously redundancies are going to be required , which will start at the bottom of the company seniority list and work upwards .
Trying to outguess the company regarding the numbers required on each fleet is to some extent futile . What we ideally need to know is the total pilot numbers required , plus how many are going to baby , then knowing what we've got now we could deduce who might go where and if any redundancies will occur . Trying to work this out is also futile . We don't have enough info . The company won't even know the final picture until all bids are counted . So guessing is pointless , is'nt it ?