March has marked several significant transitions for the Alaska pilots and their elected leaders. This episode covers some of those important changes. The implementation of Contract 2022 will be complete in May when pilots begin working under the first monthly schedules built using preferential bidding. MEC officer terms started on March 1. Perhaps the biggest transition facing pilots is the merger between Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines. In this episode, each of these topics will be discussed. 

Included in these show notes are a table and flowchart of the monthly PBS bidding timeline. If they don’t show on the device you are using, scroll down and select “Episode Website” to view.  

PBS BIDDING TIMELINE

 1st 0900 - 7th 1200

NavBlue Bidding Open

 7th 1200 - 11th 1600

Trading closed for Last 10 Days of Month

 11th by 1600

Awards Published in Crew Access

 11th 1700 - 13th 1500

Secondary Reserve Bidding Open

 13th by 2100

Secondary Reserve Bid Award 

 14th at 0900

Trading for BBH Open

 16 at 0900

Trading for Reserves Open

Letter to CEO Mr. Minicucci 

Request to Negotiate Transition and Process Agreement