Originally Posted by
phl08
Do you have any say in base preference, and if not given can you defer until it's available? If deferral is not an option, what's the process to request next available opening that you're eligible for at said base?
Obviously, everyone wants to avoid a commute but for those who live in cities that are already a base is seems to be counterproductive to assign them to somewhere that involves leaving home many hours earlier (or the night before) to fly their assigned trip.
Philly is the junior base, all new hires start there. Likely can hold Harrisburg out of training. Junior FO in Charlotte was hired in October of last year. There’s a vacancy bid every month and you list your base order preference in that and will be awarded what your seniority allows you to hold.
There isn’t an airline in the world where you can “defer” or whatever until you can hold your preferred base. Basically every airline pilot has had to commute at some point