Originally Posted by
Flying Elvis
Moving between DTW-NYC-ATL on same aircraft is going to happen relatively quickly, vs the 1yr seat lock on aircraft type. If one of those 3 bases is your goal, bidding aircraft first (as long as that aircraft is in that base) probably not a bad idea. Almost everybody that got NYC or DTW in the 2 Jun class who wanted ATL got it in the AE already.
Quick question for the wiser people on the forum on this as I try to clarify options as a new guy...
In the last couple of new hire classes since start of May 58 NYC A320B's were given out to new hires. (Last 4 drops in May and June...15, 9, 20 and now 14. As one of them I'm hoping more come down in July and August as well...
) So my question is why so many to 320B's to NYC if people can immediately bid off and there's only about 75 NYC 320B pilots at all. I have a tough time believing that the bottom 58 will be gone in the next 4-6 months out of NYC and the number one guy 320 guy at the start of May will be that senior in that short a time. If drops keep anything like this, in a few short months they'll clear out the whole FO force up there (is it that bad that people leave that quickly...?). Is it a case of the hiring guys, the training dept and the schedulers not quite being in sync, a contract thing, or is there something else I don't get? Why not just give the ATL 320's out directly?
Just trying to figure out how all this works....