Originally Posted by
Egg320
Does HAL still give you the option of A330 when you join or are all newbies sent straight to the 717 now.
It all depends. But it seems that almost always they have both aircraft assignments available for a class. A number of available spots varies. Some get 330 and others get 717 (and soon they'd get assigned to NEOs as well). Seniority determines who gets what. A guy with the smallest last-4 SSN digits becomes the most senior guy in his class (0001>9999).