Originally Posted by
avi8orco
The recent system bid is done so these are more or less for the new hire's taking at least for a few months. When you get to OSC, they are going to give your class a list of available spots . It won't be exactly what you see there but it will mirror it fairly closely depending on what is needed most importantly at the time and what they have as far as training availability.
Right now you can be pretty safe planning that both planes will be available and your choices will be JFK or BOS. If your at the senior end of your class, you will most likely have whatever you want. If you want to swap in two years, you can bid over on whatever system bid that takes effect by your two years. They are quarterly and take effect 6 months later. So if you are 190 and want Bus, and you are two years in December for example....you can bid over on the JUN bid.
Awesome, thanks for the breakdown. I've been leaning pretty heavily toward the 190, but all of those vacancies for JFK 320 make it look like a new-hire bidding that next week might see some pretty good progression, in the short term at least. I guess the quarterly movement of senior 190 FOs bidding over might negate that in the long term though.