Originally Posted by
rightside02
Bid the bus for all new hires , the last bid was way way way more slots for bus , 100 or so versus 11 in the 190. Zero growth on the 190 plenty on the bus . I think times are changing where the 190 was the way to go for new hires. Ask all these questions when you guys are told to bid during the beginning of your training .
Keep in mind that guys (like me) will be bidding off the 190 and over to the Bus when their equipment locks are up. It's been slow lately because 2 years ago we weren't hiring. The last system bid was the first one where guys hired 2 years ago could bid over to the Bus. Just because we aren't taking any more doesn't mean the music is going to stop on the 190. Someone that gets the Bus is training could find themselves getting leapfrogged a lot of a lot of guys take that option. I could actually hold a decent line on the Bus in JFK and BOS, and I'd be on the edge of reserve/holding a line in FLL. Not sure about LGB, but as junior as it's gone lately, it might be the same as FLL. If you're only making guarantee, it's around a $700/mo pay difference for guys who's equipment lock is just expiring. If you've got more longevity than that or you fly more than guarantee, that number goes up. Then you've still got 190 guys upgrading, too.