"You pick/agree to equipment when you accept the class date".
Which is pick and which is agree? Base? Aircraft? Both? One or the other? So, if they offer me a class date and everyone has already given their social security numbers and it doesn't have SFO for me can I conditionally agree to the next available class that has my base choice available for me (IE SFO)? Seems this would be a win-win-win (a relative term of course). What are they going to do, never consider hiring me because of this? OK fine, but I don't think under this arrangement I would be asking for any favors, and if they aren't up for it, it would be their "loss". I thought about going to a job fair and proposing just this sort of thing to see their reaction.