When they fill Indoc classes, they may have some of the most junior people from a prior Orientation date and fill it by adding the most senior people from the the most recent Orientation date. They stagger class dates so they can get people all the way through simulator training without ideally having more than a week off at any point during training. Class sizes will vary depending on how many simulator slots are open in the near future.

In the recent April 6th vacancy bid, the most junior people awarded DFW FO, ORD FO, and MIA FO had March 2024 hire dates. The most junior person awarded PHX FO had a February 2024 hire date. The most junior person awarded MIA CA had an April 2023 hire date. The most junior person awarded PHX CA and ORD CA had a February 2024 hire date. The most junior person awarded DFW CA had a March 2024 hire date.

Envoy chose not to force upgrade any FOs to captain this time; they had enough volunteers. I would bet there are fewer captains jumping ship right now.

It looks like Envoy finally extended the bonus for pilots with 500-1,000 hours Part 121 time to June 30th. They may extend it again.