Originally Posted by
BlueCondor
I am a 1/17 start date and would like to clarify before I bid. My end goal is anything SLC but realistically I won’t be able to move there for about a year.
Can I bid NYC7ER and after the year bid anything SLC and have it awarded?
Yes. If you bid NYCER, 1 year from your class date you will be free to bid off and into anything in SLC because ER is not in SLC (and won’t be again). So this strategy is a decent strategy especially if you aren’t moving for a year anyways.
but just a couple things. The 1 year left on your seat lock will carry over to your next fleet. So if you get awarded SLC320 in a year, you will have 3 year seat lock. Also, like I said this rule only applies to new hires. Essentially if the base you want is not on the fleet you got awarded as a new hire there is this 1 year relief. After that you cannot use this rule anymore.