DAL Class drops
#3112
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#3113
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#3119
Kidding aside...
There have been times when the 757/767 Classic (we call the 7ER) has been available to new hires, but it's not typical. You may be able to get it at the 1-year point, depending on desired base (NYC good change, SEA low chance), only if you have to change base to leave your new-hire equipment, due to seat lock. Otherwise, you will likely wait 2 years or more.
The 767-400 is a separate, pure WB category, and will likely take at least that long, but only then to NYC (ATL is much more senior, 5 years at least). In the last few years, NYC -400's have been doing a fair amount of non-commutable LAX 2-days that have driven the category artificially junior. If they go back to a pure Int'l bid packet, I would expect it to go significantly more senior. Good Luck.
There have been times when the 757/767 Classic (we call the 7ER) has been available to new hires, but it's not typical. You may be able to get it at the 1-year point, depending on desired base (NYC good change, SEA low chance), only if you have to change base to leave your new-hire equipment, due to seat lock. Otherwise, you will likely wait 2 years or more.
The 767-400 is a separate, pure WB category, and will likely take at least that long, but only then to NYC (ATL is much more senior, 5 years at least). In the last few years, NYC -400's have been doing a fair amount of non-commutable LAX 2-days that have driven the category artificially junior. If they go back to a pure Int'l bid packet, I would expect it to go significantly more senior. Good Luck.
#3120
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I'm not sure why these shifts in seniority are called "artificial" or sometimes "going out of seniority"? If the bid package stinks, why wouldn't it go junior? The bottom of the 350 "flagship" is junior to the bottom of the 330 in DTW presumably for similar reasons. Despite paying better, 350 trip variety is almost nil and the 330 goes all over (in addition to AMS :-)).
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