Originally Posted by
gfwarlock
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.
You're over analyzing it. All that will matter in the long run is seniority. Your first year at a regional is going to suck no matter which way you analyze it and try to plan it.
Also consider this: I have a friend who was hired onto the CRJ the same month I was hired onto the Brasilia. Things slowed down a lot and they weren't running any transitions or upgrades. Everything was stagnant. My friend spent over 2 years on reserve on the CRJ in a junior base. I was a brasilia line holder for the majority of that time. Even on 2nd year pay I was actually making more money as a brasilia lineholder than he was on RJ reserve guarantee. I also had quite a bit more turbine time than him by the time he finally got a line.
Take the first class date you can. In five years you're not going to care anymore about the one year you spent as a brasilia FO, or the two years you spent on reserve. You're just going to care about how many more people are in front of you on the list before you can upgrade.
Passing up brasilia class dates waiting for an RJ class date because you're trying to predict the state of future seat locks just means you're letting more and more people upgrade ahead of you while you sit there trying to decide.