Originally Posted by
PBSG
It's strange to me that they announce the job with a specific base and aircraft, and while I don't mind the PHL, are there any fences towards trading to a new base when seniority allows, specifically how quickly could I feasibly get to DCA?
No fence to change bases, only seatlock to aircraft type. So PHL A320 FO can transfer to DCA A320 FO when openings occur on a bid that seniority would allow.
Trouble with the current scenario is that E190 is only in PHL. A seatlock to the E190 type does not permit a base change, as there is no other E190 base to transfer to. A PHL E190 new-hire is kind of stuck until the expiration of the E190 seatlock, and then bid to change aircraft type to the A320 or B737 when openings occur in DCA that seniority would hold.
Latest new-hire class of 12 PHL E190 FOs from January 2011, was still seatlocked into the E190 for the July bid. Even though there are A320 openings in PHL, DCA and CLT that their seniority could hold, they haven't been released from the seatlock to aircraft type.