737 or 320 early 2026
12-09-2025 | 05:40 PM
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737 or 320 early 2026
I just received a CJO recently and am curious what I can most likely expect when it comes to fleet types dropping to new hires in Feb 2026. I’ve noticed it’s 737 and 320 mostly obviously but curious if we are gonna start to trend more Airbus or Boeing due to deliveries. I really would prefer the guppy due to better flying. Any chance DEN 737 would be possible dropping to NHs? If not initially how quickly out of training?
12-09-2025 | 06:15 PM
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I just received a CJO recently and am curious what I can most likely expect when it comes to fleet types dropping to new hires in Feb 2026. I’ve noticed it’s 737 and 320 mostly obviously but curious if we are gonna start to trend more Airbus or Boeing due to deliveries. I really would prefer the guppy due to better flying. Any chance DEN 737 would be possible dropping to NHs? If not initially how quickly out of training?
recently Denver hasn’t been super senior but idk if that means 3 months or 15
12-09-2025 | 07:34 PM
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DEN737 is unlikely to be there in indoc but it happens from time to time. If the vacancy bid ended today there are 3 open spots that could be given to initial hires. Odds are you can get it on the first vacancy bid or 2, and vacancies have been happened every month or two. Then figure 4 months or so for your bid to actually activate. You can also get in via a base trade window every month but there’s 1 or 2 small caveats with that. So 4-6 months or so.
LAX 320’s junior FO is about 800 spots from the bottom, but it’s also super tiny with ~45 FO’s in base which puts it 1-2 pilots shy of being the smallest category in the company.
LAX 320’s junior FO is about 800 spots from the bottom, but it’s also super tiny with ~45 FO’s in base which puts it 1-2 pilots shy of being the smallest category in the company.
12-09-2025 | 07:38 PM
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Last vacancy award had the last 2 guys from my class getting plug LAX320. Took them over a year. 45 pilots per side. Everyone else in our class is around 70-80 % with SFO/EWR 737 probably 50%, all out of hundreds of pilots. Current vacancy has 2 18k numbers getting it, but it hasn't closed yet. If your dream job is flying the 320 out of LAX I would aim elsewhere.
12-09-2025 | 07:42 PM
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DEN737 is unlikely to be there in indoc but it happens from time to time. If the vacancy bid ended today there are 3 open spots that could be given to initial hires. Odds are you can get it on the first vacancy bid or 2, and vacancies have been happened every month or two. Then figure 4 months or so for your bid to actually activate. You can also get in via a base trade window every month but there’s 1 or 2 small caveats with that. So 4-6 months or so.
LAX 320’s junior FO is about 800 spots from the bottom, but it’s also super tiny with ~45 FO’s in base which puts it 1-2 pilots shy of being the smallest category in the company.
LAX 320’s junior FO is about 800 spots from the bottom, but it’s also super tiny with ~45 FO’s in base which puts it 1-2 pilots shy of being the smallest category in the company.
12-09-2025 | 10:02 PM
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I just received a CJO recently and am curious what I can most likely expect when it comes to fleet types dropping to new hires in Feb 2026. I’ve noticed it’s 737 and 320 mostly obviously but curious if we are gonna start to trend more Airbus or Boeing due to deliveries. I really would prefer the guppy due to better flying. Any chance DEN 737 would be possible dropping to NHs? If not initially how quickly out of training?
12-10-2025 | 04:41 AM
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12-10-2025 | 06:52 AM
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Got the Hogan in OCT, interviewed beginning of DEC, CJO a week later, told to expect FEB class as of right now.
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