Point taken
AnthonyCarn:
You are absoloutely correct;I should RTFQ.
Apologies.My hope is that the 'Last in first out' principle will be adhered to.
BoxcarWilhomena:
You can probably guess that I didn't have the bid form in front of me when I posted;The number I had in mind was indeed 80;but consisting of Airbus & Fokker vacancies.Sorry to be misleading.Of course this No. should really be 97 with the Boeing -> Fokker vacancies included.
It is difficult not to 'second guess' in the present climate- I was merely giving my own (partially correct) interpretation of the future fleet movements (formerly known as the 'BIG PICTURE'!)
I don't think for one minute that the final picture will look as simple as the bid form suggests-it is,apparently only the 'IDEAL' situation as far as the company is concerned,ie:minimal training and minimal redundancies;=minimal cost. My only hope is that they don't try to water down the LIFO principle on the basis of cost.-They wouldn't do that------would they?!?
Regards,
Skip.rat