Originally Posted by
Abouttime2fish
Any word on today's class drop?
This is oversimplified I am sure, but tell me if I have this right. If I go back 3 pages and find the vacancies from the last AE, then pull out the class drops since then, plus today's and next weeks, I get what is available to be offered to the 18 Aug class? Yes, that is my class date. Time for me to start figuring out what I want to fly when I grow up!
And when is the next AE to come out?
that's pretty precise but if you want to ballpark it, Its somewhat predictable, mostly random. If youre super low, welcome to the MD88 or 717
If youre super high (7xxx or so), youll have a choice of at least 2 or more aircraft. Some recommend bidding MD88 anyway since its a moneymaker and will get you a good schedule pretty fast without the limited range of the 717. In our class the high SSN's took all the 73n/a320/717 slots, and all the MD88s went to the bottom, meaning not one person who actually had a choice to take another aircraft, chose the md88 over that other aircraft. However that did not hold true for the 7/21 class. 8 out of the last 10 slots went 717. Pretty interesting how each class has a totally different dynamic. In another class, a320 went at or near the bottom. So bid what you want and you just might get it. Good luck!