Originally Posted by OxygenConverter (Post 4037173)

​​​​​​One thing I'd note is due to the way vacancy bidding works here out of training it can be to your advantage to be the first class of a month vs the last of the previous month.

Example:
Last class of Feb = June vacancy. The 150ish new hires and you'll be in the bottom 120-150 of them so have fun with reserve in Baltimore.

​​​​​First class of March = Jul vacancy. You'll get an extra 3-4 weeks at your temp Domicile in June and then have 180 new hires hitting the line at the same time as you in July. That means holding mdw reserve or potentially a line in Baltimore/Orlando.

You'll lose ~30 seniority #s overall for short term gain but it could be worth it for some folks.
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Originally Posted by Jmdaju (Post 4037252)

Apparently vacancy bids are monthly. Is there any sort of lock on your base straight out of training or could we just bid the next available month what we want?

Originally Posted by OxygenConverter (Post 4037173)

​​​​​​One thing I'd note is due to the way vacancy bidding works here out of training it can be to your advantage to be the first class of a month vs the last of the previous month.

Example:
Last class of Feb = June vacancy. The 150ish new hires and you'll be in the bottom 120-150 of them so have fun with reserve in Baltimore.

​​​​​First class of March = Jul vacancy. You'll get an extra 3-4 weeks at your temp Domicile in June and then have 180 new hires hitting the line at the same time as you in July. That means holding mdw reserve or potentially a line in Baltimore/Orlando.

You'll lose ~30 seniority #s overall for short term gain but it could be worth it for some folks.
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Originally Posted by hoover (Post 4037265)

I think there is still a lock if you chose an etops base. Ie not you last choices. That will be for 6 bid periods.
so unless you want an ETOPS base ( OAL, LAX, LASE) Then make sure those are at the bottom of your choices.
Other than that you have the potential to move each bid period.