October new hires were able to bid ERJ CA because there were not enough current pilots, Dash CA/FOs, that wanted to bid IAD ERJ CA (probably pilots that were ERJ domiciled and waiting for the EWR ERJ base to open up). Currently, 8 ERJ CA spots are up for bid each month. Per the contract, 30% or 2 spots go to current Dash CA and the rest go to FOs (Dash or ERJ), so yea, it will be awhile for any newhires to get ERJ CA.