SladeTin

It won’t take that long to get into those bases as a junior FO. Forget about ever upgrading there or even becoming a senior FO though. They aren’t growing those bases and the people already there aren’t going anywhere.

Shangabear

What are the chances you can hold FLL or any FL base out of training? Living in FLL atm.

littlefokker

thank you!

bcat15

Ive read prior posts but what does getting based in IND, BNA, TYS, or CVG right away look like? TIA

Squeakygreaser

As of right now any Florida base outside VPS is Oct 2019 date of hire. They really aren't growing those bases. If anything they are currently shrinking.

They also got rid of the home based vbd pilots, those all went to the big FL bases and displaced people out.

There is rumors that all of that is going to turn around but as of this vacancy bid, effective in November, it really hasn't.

As of today it's well over a year to be based in FL at all.

flydiamond

TYS is the most difficult of these to hold from the recent vacancies of recalled pilots (with BNA not far behind)- at least according to my casual observation, but truth is we won’t know until the recent June vacancy closes. LAS, ABE, DSM, GRR, IND and possibly even AUS (tbd) will be the easiest for new hires to hold on the junior end of the FO side. IWA and almost everywhere in Florida will be very difficult, but possible depending on how things shake out with the future vacancies and upgrades.

unlike some other airlines which release a small number of very large Vacancies with move and training dates well into the future, Allegiant takes a much more near sided approach, sometimes holding monthly vacancies- so it’s hard to forecast where things will be 6 months in the future, which is when someone interviewing today will be finishing training.

Another note, if you’re gunning for a base that is strongly geared towards summer flying (eg SAV, VPS, lesser extent LAX) they may not create or backfill any vacancies in those bases until next Spring. Commuting at this airline is hell.

avident22

So sad it takes so long for Florida now 🤦🏻‍♂️... class coming up August 9th

KC135

The post you read was misleading considering we haven't hired in 16 months during the pandemic. Before the music stopped all of the FL bases were awarded within 1-3 months from that last new hire class of Feb 2020. The Florida bases don't have unlimited parking space left without adding overnights but with 200 new hires and 100 upgrades planned in the short term there should be a lot of movement coming up. Welcome in!

bcat15

Thx for the insight, how bout cvg(best guess as it stands now like with the others). Being stuck commuting is the fear…

flydiamond

There will only be zero-two spots available there from the June vacancy as of now from what I can guess. Cincinnati is a mid sized, non seasonal base so it shouldn’t be too hard to hold it within a few months.