Originally Posted by
Han Solo
The plane is available in ATL so you can't take advantage of the 1 year exemption and there hasn't been a way to bid to ATL 320B for some time, quite possibly 2 full years. I haven't watched it carefully so somebody in that situation can probably clarify.
It is kind of confusing but...if you want to get out of NYC, assuming there is an actual AE (which is a huge assumption these days based on frequency and quality):
(1) You can go from NYC320B to ATL320B whenever - never a category freeze to change bases because no training is required. Of course, there has to be a vacancy AND your seniority has to allow it; or
(2) After the first 12 months of your initial new hire category freeze have passed, you could bid to ATL but go to a different category (
i.e., ATL717B or ATL73NB) if there is a vacanacy and if your seniority permits. However, that will get you a 24 month category freeze added onto your remaining new hire freeze.
The one thing you cannot do is AE from NYC320B to, say, ATL717B during the last 12 months of your new hire freeze if your seniority would have awarded you ATL320B in that AE.
Clear as mud?