Originally Posted by Floyd

Sad statement if you ask me.

Originally Posted by Larry in TN

Vacancies can only be offered to new-hires after they've gone unfilled on a vacancy bid. This gives existing pilots the first shot at them.

Those unfilled vacancies *MAY* then be given to new-hires but the company is under no obligation to fill them. Those unfilled vacancies expire after (I think) 90-days but can be used for multiple classes of new-hires until they expire.

Once all unfilled vacancies have expired, the company must have another vacancy bid to produce additional unfilled vacancies before they can have any additional new-hires.

When a new class starts in Denver there may be 30 people in the class but many more unfilled vacancies from previous vacancy bid(s). The company chooses which 30 of the unfilled vacancies will be offered to that specific class.

Once a new pilot has started class they are eligible to bid on any open vacancy bid. The only restriction is the seat locks from their initial award so they can't lateral to other equipment (737 to 320 or vis versa) but they can bid up (737 or 320 to 756) and they can bid other bases in their current airplane.

Originally Posted by detpilot

Do the seat locks start upon that initial bid while in indoc, or can you change say 737 to 320 if the bid comes out before you start aircraft specific training?

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Originally Posted by detpilot

Do the seat locks start upon that initial bid while in indoc, or can you change say 737 to 320 if the bid comes out before you start aircraft specific training?

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Originally Posted by Sike

Well, I guess that answers my question.

Originally Posted by Sike

Well, I guess that answers my question.

Originally Posted by HawaiiHawk

I'm a current "poolie" who received my "congratulations" call back on 15 Mar. I'm expecting to be in one of the upcoming classes this year and I'm asking you all what you may know about the time span between the call and an invitation to a class date. I prefer actual data from fellow "poolies" but any reasonable speculation will be helpful too. Thanks!

Originally Posted by SGRogue

I got the CJO the same time as you. You should have received an email recently that said you’ll get about a 30 notice for class. That said, if seats open up after initial invites are sent they could shorten it up to what you said your availability was (I.e. 2 weeks).

Originally Posted by HawaiiHawk

Yep, I got that email too. 30 days notice is fine, I'm just wondering how long into the Fall we may have to wait.