Originally Posted by TallFlyer

The caveat to that is every new hire class drop is different, and it depends on both how senior you are in your class (which is based on age). There's another poster on here who lives in PHX but got stuck on the 737 because of less Bus slots available in their class, but some person in a subsequent class could get either the Bus in PHX or just on the Bus and transfer in. The other poster I just mentioned will have to wait for his seat lock to expire AND whatever the company can withhold him for.

All that said, none of this is a reason not to come to AA, just realize that getting a particular airplane and base combination could be trickly, unless you want the 737 in NYC, which is most likely always available to you.