I asked point blank to one of our recruiters and they're giving really cryptic responses.

I think there's a lot of uncertainty because they know retention for classes 5-6 months will be lower, but they don't know how low. They're focused on clearing up the backlog and giving cadets priority.

Everything is being done on a wait list basis; they're not currently giving new applicants class dates.

This is what I’ve gotten too. A point blank question was met with a similar response from my recruiter. All good, I still have a few more hours to get anyways.

Learned today that company ambassador's get some priority on the class date waitlist.

Can you explain what a company ambassador is to an outsider? From what I am told, I am about halfway down the wait list for a Q4 date. Latest update as of a couple days ago is, there is no update.

There was an outside shot I may get a class date by mid May.

They work for Republic as a school recruiter. They have company seniority but not pilot seniority.

What is "Company Seniority"? Are they on the list or aren't they?

Company seniority - vacation amount, pass travel, profit sharing, etc
Pilot seniority - bidding

Vacation? Pass Travel? Profit Sharing? Are you sure your Union knows about this?

I have no idea what YX’s contractual language is. However, just about everyone else has their is company seniority, it applies to the benefits shared by every employee who works for the company, and then pilot group seniority which is bidding.

I would be very surprised if a 12 year YX MX guy could join flight ops and bring their seniority to bidding in the pilot group. But I’ve been surprised before.

Yes, they’re probably before you.