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Originally Posted by Deathwish (Post 3355343)

when did you find out your seniority in your class?

It appears every new hire class starts a what's app chat, which (at least in my group), have created a spreadsheet showing name, domicile and fleet preference, along with age/dob.

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Originally Posted by horrido27 (Post 3355329)

First of all, CONGRATS!
Now.. here it comes. You'll get alot of opinions on what you should bid as a NH. Here's my take as a 756FO about to leave to the 78.
The 756 will give you a variety of flying that you won't see on any other fleet. Also, with the amount of projected hiring in the future (take that with grain of salt) you will not be on the bottom of the list for very long. Sure, you MAY get a line sooner on the 73/Guppy~Airbus/Fiffy but it's probably only a few months difference. People can argue that IF you go to one of those, your (potential) upgrade will be easier in a year or two. But mind you, if you choose to be one of those Y2Capts in the future, you will be on RESERVE for a long long time.
(Please don't be one of those guys who wants to see an LOA changing the Reserve Rules [[u]in the future] as we need a FULL Contract.. no more damn LOA's/MOU's)

On option would be to choose the smaller plane and then switch to the 756 in a year or two. It all comes down to how much you love/hate/don't mind training.

As someone who picked the 756 out of InDoc, I have had no regrets. Bigger cockpits with different types of flying and rare to have more than 2 legs a day.

Either way, enjoy the excitement of being a new hire and take it all in. Both the good and the bad.
See ya on the line~
Always
Motch

PS) No matter what, make sure you FS, FP & FtC

Thanks so much, Motch!

I’ll be commuting from ATL. Are lines commutable on 73 vs bus? How long to get a commutable line? Looking at EWR and IAD. Trying to figure out how to bid while minimizing crash pads or hotels (extra days, really).

opinions/advice appreciated

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Originally Posted by JTwift (Post 3355615)

In your scenario I'd probably bid EWR 737 and be watching IAD 737 as well, you'll be able to easily base trade between the two. You'll be able to avoid LGA trips easier on the 737 than the bus, IMO. IAD is probably an easier commute but maybe less flights, and historically slightly more senior so you're probably looking at a line in EWR faster which will make life easier commuting. Also if anything at all is going on in EWR, they tend to throw positive space at it which is nice.

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Originally Posted by Deathwish (Post 3355343)

when did you find out your seniority in your class?

It is on the first day of class. The class roster (pic with names) is normally posted in the training center a couple of days in advance and those names are in seniority order.

FYI IAD has to cover three fields (IAD, BWI and DCA) vice EWR just covers itself and LGA. And I second the positive space allowance for EWR is fairly large.

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Originally Posted by JTwift (Post 3355615)

The commutability of lines on either fleet are dependent on your seniority. I would expect that a new hire won't find most of the lines commutable as more senior bidders bid them. For the 320, LGA trips tend to start earlier and finish later, although they are higher credit. So you might end up with more days off on your schedule if you bid all LGA (I would assume that is an easier commute from ATL on DL vs to EWR on UAL), but you might have to commute on some of those days off. EWR trips on the bus are more generally the flavor of start early, finish early or start late finish late, so commutable on one end or the other. You can group multiple trips into work blocks, though, where you are flying multiple trips back to back and build a commutable line that way.

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Originally Posted by scudrunner13 (Post 3355511)

It appears every new hire class starts a what's app chat, which (at least in my group), have created a spreadsheet showing name, domicile and fleet preference, along with age/dob.

How do you find these whatsapp groups? I was originally in the Feb08 class, but got bumped up to the Feb01 class. Would love to get in touch with people in my class.

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Originally Posted by ColdHandshakes (Post 3356781)

How do you find these whatsapp groups? I was originally in the Feb08 class, but got bumped up to the Feb01 class. Would love to get in touch with people in my class.

Hop on the new hire Facebook page and post there. That’s a pretty good resource starting out!