Originally Posted by
Lawn Darticus
Got it…I think. So the conversion happens inside the 210 or 365 day window, and the actual effective date is the result of some process that happens behind the curtain. How far in advance of the conversion date is the pilot notified?
Did I understand that correctly?
After the awards come out, Scheds takes a few weeks to come up with projected training and conversions. They have to generally convert people in seniority order (few exceptions) and if they are displacing people (think non vol) that is done in inverse seniority order. For those that need Qual on a new airplane, sim availability is taken into account.
Conversions will occur on the first day of each bid period (not month) within the 210/365 window.
You are typically notified around the last week of the month two months prior to the conversion.
So for someone converting 1 April, they would find out around last week of Feb, but NLT 4 March, which is when bidding for April starts.