Originally Posted by
Av8rking
November 2017 new hire here. Former ASA. Just looking for an answer to a question. My whole class was given LGA 900 during class. We were told from the head of crew planning that our initial award in training had no seat locks (old contract.) It was a “freebie.” So now many of us in this last bid, bid 200 positions in the base we wanted. Now we see in this award that none of us got the 200 awards we bid for and that they went junior to us from people that got the 200 in the classes behind us. Is this correct? I know the contract has changed since we started, and all I can find in the new contract is 18 month lock for new hires. So are we basically screwed getting to the base we want until we can hold it on the 900? Didn’t know since when we started we were on the old contract. Figured no seat locks. This makes the new hire class award a VERY big deal for all those ASA/XJET guys coming over. Thanks.
From what I understood is people were told you could switch equipment on 17-05 before the new contract went into effect, but after Jan 1st anyone who has not been here for 18 months could not switch. You can upgrade to different equipment or switch bases, but I believe that’s it. So yes, you will have to wait till you can hold 900 ATL FO to move or upgrade when you can hold ATL.