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PILOTORAY
Hello!
Few years ago a Ramp coworker at Delta became a flight attendant. She was with the company for 6 years. After the training, she was not at the bottom of FAs seniority (I am not sure, but I think they consider like 1/3 of seniority) so she got around 2 years on seniority list.
Now, lets suppose I got hired at Cape Air (Ramp, Cleaner, Scheduler, etc). After three years I finally got 1500 hours working also as part time CFI, interviewed and got a job offer. After passing the checkride as Captain, I will bid for a base as "zero seniority pilot" or I can get some advantage for being with the company for three years?
Thanks a lot!!
Hey there!
Let’s say you had 3 years of seniority at Cape Air. Your 3 years of seniority would be beneficial to the benefits side of things such as non revving or health benefits (you wouldn’t have to wait 90 days for insurance to kick in), but as far as bidding purposes, you’ll be bidding at whatever your pilot seniority number is in accordance with your class date. They may default to give you the highest seniority in your class but I am not 100% sure. This would be the case at many airlines. For instance, I know someone that is currently at Delta with his original hire date as a CSA but for bidding, he bids with his pilot seniority but gets to non rev on his original hire date.
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