Originally Posted by
Shiner
New hires could be starting on the 175 sooner than originally planned. We've only had 1 bid for the 175 and it went very senior on the FO side. A month later, a CA vacancy was run, and many of those senior 175 FO (who hadn't gone to training) were awarded CA. They haven't run a bid to replace those 175 FO's and these spots could go to new hires.
That is what I was thinking. Plus I am guessing, it takes about 2 1/2 months to go from Indoc through IOE. I am sure they would rather send a new hire home for a few weeks rather than not having enough qualified pilots which is why I would guess they would start them by early December. I guess we won't know until they actually get offered in class.
I echo the advice though, in an industry ruled by seniority, getting on as soon as possible is wiser than holding out for a certain aircraft. Years later when you are bidding a CA spot or a Flowthrough class, you are not going to care what you flew as a newhire. Especially if the news about the flow and returning block hours creates a wave of newhires, you further one is on the front side of that wave the better their QOL, upgrade and flow prospects will be.