Originally Posted by
Dman2141
How does bidding for bases work at envoy? You do it every month and it takes effect 3 months later or are you seat locked in certain airframe for certain bases? Trying to figure out if I’ll be able to get Dfw as an FO and captain in a reasonable timeframe of about 3-5 months.
Initial bid on day 1 for equipment and base. We typically do a vacancy bid every 3 months, but FOs can only change bases, not fleet type. Base transfers don't incur a seat lock. Time from award to base transfer varies at company discretion from next month to several months down the road.
If you get the 175, the growth is in ORD, but it seems reasonable that DFW would be available every vacancy bid. If you get the 145, prepare to be a nomad as you'll probably start in LGA, transfer to ORD, then transfer to DFW. That will take a while, anywhere from 6-12 months probably.