Originally Posted by
EmbraerFlyer
Since we are on the subject of entitlement; are you stuck in a particular base until an AE comes out. For example, let’s say you get NYC88 but want to be ATL88 and it takes 2 years for an AE, are you then stuck in NYC until an AE. Is AE the only type of bidding or is there more frequency in other bidding.
Freezes are 24 months, 9 if you go 7ER -> 765*, and 12 months for new hires. The 12 months was added in the last letter of agreement (LOA 31) prior to the new contract.
“Category freeze” means a period of time
a. that is determined under Section 22 G.... which reads 22.G.1. A pilot who is awarded an AE or VD will incur a 24-month category freeze, and an entry level pilot will incur a 12-month category freeze.
b. that commences on the date of a pilot’s award of an AE or VD for which qualification training is required or on an entry level pilot’s date of employment with the Company as a pilot, and
c. during which the pilot will (unless declared eligible by the Company) be ineligible to be awarded another AE with an earliest conversion date falling within the freeze period (other than to a new or reestablished category) for which qualification training is required.
So to reiterate:
22.G.1. A pilot who is awarded an AE or VD will incur a 24-month category freeze, and an entry level pilot will incur a 12-month category freeze.
Now the good news, NYC 88 B to ATL 88 B does not require qualification training. So according to the transition working group notepad for section 22 filing vacancies (written pre LOA 31 and contract but I don't think anything changed here), when the next AE comes out after getting NYC 88 B you can be awarded an AE to a different base on the same aircraft without regard to your freeze.
So you should be able to make
that move.
765* = 764.