Originally Posted by
130drvr
My theory is type of flying, folks seem to watch to scratch the int'l itch and EWR 756 has some pretty good flying.
Most of the regional newhires I met really want Europe flying.
The thing is (IMHO) that is going to be short lived. It looks like they are moving to combine (finally) the legacy 756 and 76T fleets. These new hires are going to see the actual continent of Europe on IOE, then they are going to see the 'islands' of UK and Ireland for a long time. Combine that with the 1Q plan to allocate the 76Ts to deeper Europe and the 756s seeing more domestic, they aren't going to see much.
Bottom line is if you are a new hire, there is still a lot of settling that is going to happen over the next year. Bid the 737 or 320 in the base you want/is available, then bid upwards once you get a feel of what happens over the next year.