Originally Posted by
theken
Not exactly sure what you are asking, not making too much sense there. But I believe you are asking if you get hired tomorrow on the Bro if you can get around your 1 year bro seat lock and get to the RJ or if you have to wait it out the full year instead of just going directly to the RJ. You will likely have to wait your seatlock out. The company will lift the seatlock if they need to, but they haven't needed to in awhile.
You would still have better overall seniority if you took the sooner class. Always take the sooner class.
What I am thinking/ asking (correct me if I am wrong): I think about everyone currently flying the Bro probably has the year seat lock finished by now or close to it. That would mean almost all the Bro Captains would transition leaving a lot of vacant Bro FO slots which is why they are only hiring onto the Bro. So...everyone newly hired in Aug, Sept, Oct would get a year seat lock in the Bro. If you get hired in Aug vice Oct (earlier class)then you would get a whole bunch of new guys hired after you and therefore get a better domicile selection. Once the FO slots are filled, if you are one of the last one hired then you would be the "new guy" for a year because others hired after you would would be hired into the CRJ and therefore do not compete with scheduling and domiciles. Seniority is not just about overall seniority in the company but also about platform.