Originally Posted by
tom11011
Anyone care to guess how the class of 40 for December 1st will be split up for airplane and bases?
During the interview back in October, it was said there was 16 airbus on the property and that by the end of first quarter 2016, there would be 25.
I don't know for sure, but they opened LAX in the Airbus with 10 CA's and 10 FO's, and opened the VBD base for the Airbus. With the bidding announcement we were told all equipment locks will be dropped for this bid, which probably means many will bail out of the 80 and use this opportunity to get on the Airbus. My guess is that will leave many openings on the 80 which will go to new hires. The results of this bid won't be released til early December, so its anyones guess what will happen until then.
I also agree with VegasPilot that one of the announcements will be the closing of HNL. A quick look at the last bid preferences showed that most of those guys want the Airbus. Not sure how they will integrate those guys into other bases (bump and flush displacement or only where there are openings displacement) but they will take any Airbus openings that are available. That also means the 80 is more likely for new hires.