Originally Posted by GreenPatures

Sounds about right, no set date yet. Good news is that if you get a CJO it is good for a year, so it may be possible to let them know you want to defer until the 330F is an option to new hires. Aircraft lock may be less to switch from 330P to F or vice versa (1 year?) so another potential option to try to get 330P and a year later do the change, although if you are trying to domicile mainland you'd have to commute so direct to the freight class. Someone said the first new hire class for 330F might be all 330F so I would imagine they would take those who want the 330F into that class. All hearsay, but I would at least apply, interview, and let them know and defer until you had a chance at it if that is what you truly want and can wait a little. If you don't want to wait the 330P to F transition would be great at 1 year if that works out and you can handle commuting. Sorry, wish it was a bit more concrete than that, it will be clear soon so getting your name in that hat would be good if you want it.

Originally Posted by Akamai

There is no restriction or seat lock preventing you from going pax 330 to freight 330. There is however a 1 year lock on 330 freight before you can go 330 pax.

Originally Posted by SD3FR8DOG

When do you think the next vacancy bid will be?

Originally Posted by Poopchute701

Well would've been next week, but sounds like the MEC is going to give the company a pass. With the new contract, they have to run one vacancy within 12 months of the last one. So they got the whole year...

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Originally Posted by Akamai

The company has published a vacancy on the required date how many times in the last 10 years? Once? Maybe twice? The MEC giving relief on the date is nothing new, especially since the company just published a large bid last month.

Originally Posted by Poopchute701

Whether it was on time or delayed, you could always count on it being twice a year. Now with the freighter operation, it might make it harder to plan if someone wants to move to/from Hawaii. Normally we would have a general idea of when it would be.

Originally Posted by Akamai

7 out of the last 10 years we have had more than the “required 2” vacancy bids, and that included displacement bids cause Covid. With freighters and 787s coming I would be surprised to see 1 bid a year in the future, but stranger things have happened.