Originally Posted by
SawF16
even if a new hire has a one year seat lock, they can still participate and be awarded an AE as long as the conversion window is outside of their lock (and the company can award it regardless of seat lock if they want to). If they are on property even a month and the company uses one of their one year conversion windows, they can swap jets as well as bases.
Not quite true. If you are subject to a category freeze, you are not eligible to be awarded an AE for which the conversion window begins within your freeze period. When the conversion window ends does not matter.