Originally Posted by
RJDriver900
Sorry if this has been addressed. I've gone back through a lot of pages and not sure how the downturn may have changed this. When hiring was taking place what bases were junior and most new hires going to?
Prior to the downturn I had my eyes set on LCC's strictly because I live close to MCO and driving an hour and a half sure beats commuting to the NE. Really had no ambitions of legacy or widebody. Just a good QOL with decent pay.
Currently, the most junior FO at the company is MCO based. I went back to the July seniority list to make sure it wasn’t a result of displacement shuffles and it does look like MCO was, in fact, their original award. If you don’t get MCO right out of the gate, you can likely plan on getting it pretty quickly as long as hiring were to continue. If you don’t get MCO, my money would be on MIA or PHL as your first award. A lot will depend on your class size and where you fall seniority wise within it.