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Old 8th Mar 2011, 09:49
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I'm guessing it's BA employees who've not completed x amount of time on the type they're currently on at BA?
Quite correct in that assumption.

Sounds very harsh, to let a DEP come in and take a job they might like for this. Timing is everything it seems.
Whilst it may seem quite harsh seniority is king in BA and someone who has to sit out their time on another fleet will still be ahead, in seniority terms, of a DEP onto the 744 when that person transfers across. Thus they will get better bidding rights, better lines and better trips even though they may be very new to the fleet.

There are big fleet changes in the wind at BA with the new aircraft slowly begining to factor in the bidding structure. I feel that the lack of internal candidates for the 744 (it went very, very junior in the RHS and quite junior, relatively, in the LHS) is those pilots waiting for the PRIAM bid to cantain the options for the 787 and the A380.

Always remember that waiting for a specific fleet can lose you hundreds of seniority positions within BA if you get in at the start or the end of the recruitment window. That has, in the past, transposed into years when coming up for command!
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