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 TIMELINEAll 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