Originally Posted by
Fyziksisphun
From my understanding, if you get a CA slot as a new hire, until you upgrade you can bid in vacancies as both a FO and a CA. So you could theoretically be assigned EWR CA in indoc, bid for IAH CA in a vacancy while still a FO, be awarded it, and then when you upgrade it will be as an IAH CA.
Of course, that's dependant on there being IAH openings, but you get the principle.
The above is spot on. There were 3 folks on the most recent vacancy bid that were able to do this that are all under a year on the property. Since they are under a year they haven't gone to Captain school yet, but already have a lateral to IAH. In all likelihood they will be activated into IAH when they complete their upgrade training.
None of us know how many IAH bids will be coming, but the good news is that the demand for IAH 737 Captain slots from the current pilots seems to have been mostly satisfied. So, as bids come out, the vacancies are filled by pretty junior folks. Not yet unfilled mind you, but pretty junior. If bids come out in very small numbers or are only opened through the backfilling of those leaving, it will take awhile for a 17000ish seniority person to get to IAH, but if we end up with some good size bids (like when 787 deliveries start ahppening again-c'mon Boeing) then the movement could be prettty quick