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
All Times Seattle Local

 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