Originally Posted by tennisguru

Technically yes, but I'm sure some pilots were more comfortable waiting a little bit to completely eliminate any risk. Monthly bids seem to have greatly reduced uncertainty but the history of this company jacking people around within a conversion window is still seared in many people's recent memories so it probably still affects bidding behavior to a degree. If you didn't want to train in the summer then why not bid on either of the last 2 AEs? That would also have assured no summer training.