Originally Posted by
E6BAV8R
So it seems that 175 / 145 is what is most junior and what most people are getting anyway? It'd just be some time until you may get to bid to DFW?
That is pretty ridiculous that they wouldn't tell you what Base / Equipment you get awarded before you start training and you can't bid to a different base/equipment. I'm also willing to bet that they won't give you an option to hold a class date until you get the equipment you want? Say if I tell them I only want the 175 and I'll hold out from starting training until they have an opening in a 175 class?
Can you bid a different Base / Equipment when you are a Captain?
On your first day in class there will be a list of what is available.
You and your classmates get to pick, one by one, according to the class seniority. The more senior you are in your class (cadet by longevity, then prior 121 by flight time, then everyone else by age), the higher the chance of picking what you want. If you are in the third group and in your early 20s, you get what's left over.
Lets say it's a 145 LGA. You can start bidding to a different base pretty much on the next vacancy bid. That, however, doesn't mean that your seniority can hold that base right away, it might take some time (vacancy bids are ran once a quarter). Once you are awarded a different base, it takes a couple of month to transfer. As an FO you cannot move from 145 to 175. Once you get to captain mins, you can upgrade on whatever equipment/base your seniority can hold - i.e. 145 FO can potentially upgrade on 175.
Big nope on holding the class date till the equipment you want is offered.
Captain - yes, you can bid different base (that you can always do), and equipment.