Originally Posted by
HuggyU2
Attention...
For any question about "how do I get speed / flexibility / seniority / QOL as a new hire, let me summarize the past 10,000 posts on this subject:
Bid the 737 to the base of your choice.
Or a 737 to the closest base... since you can lateral as soon as a slot opens up. Which won't be long.
And if you're DYING to fly the 757, just bid the Guppy anyways... do it for 1-23 months... and bid to the 757 with NO additional freeze, once you have a modicum of SA on what life at UAL is like as a Guppy FO.
Or just bid the biggest thing you can get anywhere and expect to sit reserve for a couple of years.
Your call.
But honestly... does it take this many posts over the past 5 years to understand this?
Your advice is correct, but you don't have to be a dick about it. This is the first month that anybody has gone through basic indoc since Before Times. The landscape has changed, and previous threads on the same subject are buried 6-9 pages deep. If it somehow bothers you, then scroll past, and maybe the thread will die. We should all be happy that people are asking these questions.