Originally Posted by
123AB
It is my understanding that you bid and receive your base well before IOE. And then you can continue to bid for bases each subsequent month thereafter so you can keep moving towards your #1 choice.
As far as your IOE flying, I think you can request the base you want to do your IOE at, but I do not know the specifics so perhaps someone else can chime in.
You bid day 1 of indoc for your base and it will be awarded at some point after ground school or during sims. The IOE coordinators will send an IOE survey out while you are in sims and you can request a base, a specific check airman, and also put in additional comments. They say they will try to honor all requests but no guarantees