Originally Posted by
PilotBases
There’s probably more logistical hurdles, but I’ve wondered before if pooling 2-3 classes together for bids would help the variance. Everybody still bids in seniority order, but you have a larger pot to select from, so there’s isn’t one week getting all east who want west, and vice versa. Pre COVID we saw it with the 88. Guys getting pushed to that who wanted something else, while folks who would be totally fine with ATL Dawg going to NYC 737 and the like.
At least the new system of not having hard numbers of aircraft/bases seems to help people get where they want to go, and AEs are relatively frequent.
But again, this is all temporary. When hiring eventually slows down to a normal pace, we will likely go back to the way things were…entire classes with NYC NBs and the occasional DTW/ATL NB.