Hello i am in the December 14th orientation, was wondering if anyone new how many DEC there are in it and if there has been anyword on a class date.

 

If orientation is Dec 14th, you'll be running right up on the holidays, so that's a good question. We started last year on Nov 3, and were sent home for time between Christmas and New Year's . I'd suspect starting early Jan, but they may do something like keep some of you around for Indoc right after orientation, then send you home for the holiday break.

 

hey Thanks for the reply, you could be right .

 

I am in the class too, DEC, but haven't heard anything either. Just completed the logbook paperwork and pay info.

 

Same here I just did the iCims online paperwork yesterday,

Were you in the October 27th event in DFW?

 

That is the million dollar question (well... $100,000) I've been asking them for weeks now, finally go the iCims yesterday and sent another question and got a response of "we'll have class dates available on the 14th".....

Honestly the worst communication from an operation I've ever seen. Don't know if they're swamped now or short or what.....

 

I can only imagine with all the people they are dealing with getting all setup and probably dealing with a previous group as well that they are swamped. I heard its inthe neighborhood of 50 in the Dec. 14 th orientation.

 

No, I wasn't at the 10/27 event, applied in September on their website and did my logbook review 10/04. Got the job offer late October. 50 is going to be pretty full. Wonder how class bidding with a mix of captains and first officers?

 

There is no bidding for class dates. That is assigned by the company. Base and Sim bidding takes place once in class. Cadets were senior to DECs. I think it was based on longevity/experience after that but don't quote me.

 

We had 15 cadets, and 50 DECs in our class. They split it up, staggering everyone by seniority into 3 groups each separated by 2 weeks. Bidding will be done on day one of Indoc, where you'll state what base and seat you want. DECs are expected to bid CA, but they can bid FO if they want...however they'll still be trained as CAs, checked out as CAs, expected to perform within the training enviornment to CA standards. They'll also get a reduced pay amount during training if they bid FO (standard training pay, vs I believe 70 hours CA pay if they bid CA.) They'll assign seniority at Orientation, and let you know when you'll be coming back. If the FOs in the class are Cadets, they get seniority ahead of the DECs, but it only impacts sim time bids during training. Once out of training, even though the FOs may be senior, they'll still be bidding on the FO list, while DECs bid on the CA list.