Originally Posted by
Planetrain
With a 365 day AE, what’s the use of training last? You have no idea when they will train the first, middle, or last guy. They could cram all the fleet award in summer, they could drag it out to start the first guy at the beginning of winter. The company doesn’t even know how they want to handle training until the award is complete. (Even then it’s weeks until training is published). There is almost 0 control.
Bypass almost always delays training into the fall or winter when line ops are reduced. Now that we are hitting the retirement/training boom it may change but if the award comes out in April a bypass puts you at the back of the line and more likely to go after the summer.