Originally Posted by
DontCallMeCindy
Not every single 190 FO off seat lock wants to transition to bus FO immediately—I’ve talked to some who plan on upgrading to 190 CA as it goes junior w all the 190 CAs bidding over to bus CA. There will also be bus FOs who take first available upgrade onto the 190.
Obviously 320 vacancies for new hires will become much more rare, but there will be monthly needs on the bus that mismatch with the transition and upgrade training pipeline of 190 and 320 FOs.
I also know some 320 FOs who are going to the 190 when their seat lock expires for the short-term QOL until they see what the plan is for the CSeries, and hoping to snag a junior 190 CA vacancy followed by a CSeries vacancy before they (possibly) get bumped back to bus FO.
It’s gonna be an interesting couple of years for crew planning and training scheduling!!!
If these 320 FO's you're talking about haven't made it past their two year equipment lock yet, they'll never be a 190 CA at Jetblue. They probably have a better chance getting hired at AA and becoming a 190 CA there. Also the plan for the C-Series is that the majority won't have a chance to fly it until about 2022-2023.