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04-03-2015 | 04:32 AM
#3711
Otto
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Hey just curious what plane I should choose if I am trying to eventually get SEA as a base(preferably as quick as possible). Also need to
Confirm which airplanes they have in SEA-73,7er and 330 correct? How many pilots in the SEA base? How long until I can hold it?Trying to figure out what would be best for me and my family to get west. Thanks!
Confirm which airplanes they have in SEA-73,7er and 330 correct? How many pilots in the SEA base? How long until I can hold it?Trying to figure out what would be best for me and my family to get west. Thanks!
04-03-2015 | 04:44 AM
#3712
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Hey just curious what plane I should choose if I am trying to eventually get SEA as a base(preferably as quick as possible). Also need to
Confirm which airplanes they have in SEA-73,7er and 330 correct? How many pilots in the SEA base? How long until I can hold it?Trying to figure out what would be best for me and my family to get west. Thanks!
Confirm which airplanes they have in SEA-73,7er and 330 correct? How many pilots in the SEA base? How long until I can hold it?Trying to figure out what would be best for me and my family to get west. Thanks!
FlyMarine,
There are probably three ways to get to the west coast in less than a year.
1. You are released from your current seat lock for your first CAPT upgrade - not gonna happen.
2. You are released from you current seat lock when bidding into a new category - for example SEA 73N. I don't know your timing, but you might be too late if you are not in indoc yet. Perhaps if there is another bid very quickly you may qualify.
3. Finally and probably your best shot is bid the aircraft that are out west in inverse seniority order:
For LAX and SEA try for the 737 first and the 7ER second. Put in a standing bid for both and hope for the best. I mentor guys who have made it out west in less than a year via this method.
Normally you will get out west quicker on the 737 vice the 7ER so you have to decide if you would rather get out west as quick as possible(737) but then require another training to get the ER.
For SLC do the same but bid the 320 wherever it falls in inverse seniority wise.
This bid will shed a lot of light on pent up west coast demand with the new SEA base so the picture will be a lot clearer in two weeks.
Good Luck Scoop
There are probably three ways to get to the west coast in less than a year.
1. You are released from your current seat lock for your first CAPT upgrade - not gonna happen.
2. You are released from you current seat lock when bidding into a new category - for example SEA 73N. I don't know your timing, but you might be too late if you are not in indoc yet. Perhaps if there is another bid very quickly you may qualify.
3. Finally and probably your best shot is bid the aircraft that are out west in inverse seniority order:
For LAX and SEA try for the 737 first and the 7ER second. Put in a standing bid for both and hope for the best. I mentor guys who have made it out west in less than a year via this method.
Normally you will get out west quicker on the 737 vice the 7ER so you have to decide if you would rather get out west as quick as possible(737) but then require another training to get the ER.
For SLC do the same but bid the 320 wherever it falls in inverse seniority wise.
This bid will shed a lot of light on pent up west coast demand with the new SEA base so the picture will be a lot clearer in two weeks.
Good Luck Scoop
04-09-2015 | 04:07 AM
#3714
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04-09-2015 | 04:44 AM
#3715
Line Holder
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What's the desert parking timeline like? Not beginning in earnest until after 2016?
04-09-2015 | 05:06 AM
#3717
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04-09-2015 | 05:07 AM
#3718
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According to iCrew, the 7ER is junior in SEA (12069). 73N is 11811. Both will be tricky to get to quickly, though. Not sure a newhire will get the AE into the 73, then ALL those pilots will be seat locked for years (that's a big deal if you're trying to get in there). The consensus, too, is that the ER hiring will soon come to a halt.
You might want to focus on a plane/base that is the best commute initially. No sense in picking a SEA plane while living with a NYC/ATL commute. Or consider the other west bases -- LAX 73N plug is 12240 and SLC 320 is 12121 (and they are not new categories like the Sea 73N). 320 hiring will be slow thru the fall, then it will pick up for the 321 deliveries next year.
You might want to focus on a plane/base that is the best commute initially. No sense in picking a SEA plane while living with a NYC/ATL commute. Or consider the other west bases -- LAX 73N plug is 12240 and SLC 320 is 12121 (and they are not new categories like the Sea 73N). 320 hiring will be slow thru the fall, then it will pick up for the 321 deliveries next year.
04-09-2015 | 07:23 AM
#3719
Line Holder
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I thought the 7ERs on the last AE was for summer staffing also, but a lot of the conversions aren't until Sep/Oct. Now I'm not so sure.
04-09-2015 | 07:53 AM
#3720
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