[QUOTE=Redchevron;2534955]No, it varies from month to month. However, most new hires can expect OAK or BWI. The other bases vary, but typically it doesn't take long to get any base other than ATL, and as discussed the time to get ATL is dropping rapidly.

You'll bid in the vacancy bid with all the other pilots, no speical bid for new hires. Seniority is determined by oldest in class.

How would LAS fit in there?

[QUOTE=Redchevron;2534955]If I understand your question, no. Those bases went to new hires already on the property, most likely January hires. All it means is that they will bid for schedule for their first time in March to get April line in the base their seniority allowed them to hold (age determines seniority in the same class). If you get an April class, you're gonna most likely bid for July. The junior bases may be different, although I would expect OAK on the list for sure.

I’d wager starting in the fall we will see a big plus up in the bases out west in preparation for opening the LAX domicile.

Already started. That’s two months in a row with new hires to PHX.

So how many weeks should I expect to be in Dallas for training?

7ish weeks give or take. They are moving sims to the new building and availability changes based on when they go down/up right now. YMMV slightly.

Anybody have an idea of age range in the new hire classes.

As young as 26 or 27. Oldest usually mid to late 50’s. Most 30’s and 40’s

I was the most senior in my class, at 50 years and 5 days. Very honored to be here and humbled to be the most senior and the second most experienced, in terms of flight hours. Experience has paid off by making it a fairly seamless transition.

My classmates and I were booked at our hotel for 55 consecutive nights, and I had a few off in the middle while other took and passed their type-rating verbal exams. Thankfully, I had that out of the way at a prior job. Started early February and finished April 1, 2017. Follow the company's instruction of not checking out during any days off. But you will be in Dallas for seven to eight consecutive weeks, with the possibility of a day or two off to go home. But don't count on much time off. It's a fairly saturated time during training.