I was part of the 21Jul15 indoc class at DFW, we had the distinction of being the first class to have all of the LUS training done at DFW (we also had a 64 year, 11 month old Envoy flowthrough but that's a different story).

On day 2 or 3 we split off from our LAA brothers and sisters to a different room and the 12 of us "chose" our 190 training dates. We asked the folks present, the MD80/190 Fleet Manager (LUS pilot) and the training guy (former PHX training guy), what the New American uses for seniority and they said 21JUL, our DOH. The youngest guy in the class got the class that started four days after indoc and the senior folks sat at home for up to 8 weeks. Hahaha.

Obviously, we were under the JCBA, and I guess I should have read it cover to cover by day 3 but I hadn't. I'm more worried that the training people and fleet manager didn't know the correct answer as of Jul15. I didn't even know this was an issue until the email a few weeks ago. That being said, I'm happy to be here and I'm sure this will be just the first issue over a long career.