Originally Posted by
tennisguru
This is the first AE where there was no risk of converting before 31 JAN which means people are locked into their current categories for vacation bidding. So those senior FO's may have been waiting to get one last year with good vacation weeks before making the jump.
Ah great point. I think last year was similar. It was for my category. Went junior in late summer and autumn, senior in winter and spring, then dove again once the summer AEs hit.