Originally Posted by
SFORedwood
Oh, I understand that. My point is that this is a major decision in most people's lives. If there is a union bid out for X number of positions, just share the information. The company must have some idea of the numbers of pilot vacancies and where they envision they will fall. That should be shared.
In a perfect world the job offer should state what base you are initially being assigned. I shouldn't have to quit a current job only to find this out on day one of orientation.
In a perfect world, it would. But airlines are far from a perfect world. What major airline tells you where you will be based before you accept a CJO or even show up to class? Even if the class drop is known, you have no idea where you fall in class seniority nor what those above you will choose.
In the case of regionals especially, they don’t even file their own flight plan so to speak. Where they fly is decided by main line and they react accordingly.