Originally Posted by
Rosey
As I understand the process, the company will fill try to vacancies with AEs before new hires. If in a given month, they anticipate a need for 10 ATL 73N B's, they post that in an AE bid; what doesn't get filled by AE gets rolled into class drops. In theory, you should get a chance to change bases on your equipment before that base for your equipment is available for a new hire.
Originally Posted by
FangsF15
In theory, that's true.
However, the ONLY way to change domicile (or equipment after the seat lock expires) is through an AE - the latest of which closed yesterday at noon. If you didn't put in a bid yesterday, you will have to wait for the next AE to even have a chance. Good luck, and welcome to the company!
Rosey has it correct--PWA §22. All vacancies are offered to those on the SL before new hires. You're both sort of saying the same thing: existing pilots get first crack at it, but you can't move bases (and/or equipment) until the vacancy is offered. That's via AE--usually (the PWA seems to have some wiggle room on unanticipated openings--but even if this is done through some means other than AE*, existing pilots have a bid before new hires). In the case of changing bases (per the OP's question), there's no lock to worry about, so, NO, so long as you have a bid in the system, a new hire can't get a position in front of you. You DO have your bid in, right??
*I don't know what this would be, just gleaning some of the language from §22....