Originally Posted by
Poncef15c
They emailed us the drop about 3 days before indoc (Jan 5th class). We had to submit our choices prior to indoc start. Not sure if that is standard. I had an idea of what I wanted, but the 2 days gave me some time to talk to friends in the company. They sat us in seniority order on day1 and everyone stood up and introduced themselves and what they wanted. My SSN is 6XXX, so it gave me an idea of what I would get (got the last of 14 73Ns). 73 went first, then 320, ER, 717 and 88. PM me if you have any more questions. Good luck.
This is different than I've heard before. It sounds like the scenario if there are flows in class that are expected to be held back by their previous carrier.
Last year the standard non-flow class got the drop in the morning, and then, a couple hours later when it was time to bid, they just went right down the seniority list and you chose what you want. There wasn't any 'write down your choices'; it was 'this is what's available' and by the end of the class it was usually 'this is what is left'. About half-way through the class, the person writing down the choices read off what was left so everyone had an idea if their choice was still available.
When figuring out why people choose what they choose, sometime it's for base, sometime it's for movement/lifestyle, and sometime people just want to fly the airplane.