I'm a recent newhire on the LUS side (May 19 class), and although I'm thrilled to be here, it has been a frustrating experience. First we had 3 days in Dallas combined with LAA guys where they just talked about the LAA way of doing things. When we asked if LUS was different, they told us we'd learn more in PHX (basic indoc). Then we got to PHX and the instructors were primarily US West and didn't really know anything about how the contract implementation was going. Now I'm in CLT for aircraft training and the instructors, although really nice guys who know the airplane, have very little knowledge about what's happening in the "real world".

A simple question like "when are we allowed to bid a line" has not been answered confidently by anyone so far. It's frustrating, but hopefully temporary.

My best advice is to ask the same question to multiple people and if you get the same answer from all of them, then hopefully you're ok. I've been getting a lot of bad info even from management and apparently needed to get a second or third opinion before trusting them. It's not malicious or anything...there are just several sets of rules with all of them changing rapidly and most people's info is outdated.

As someone else mentioned, there are a lot of benefits to being on the LUS side, so even as a Dallas-area resident, I'm fine with the LUS side and E190 for now. Just be ready to have difficulty getting straight answers for a while.