February 3, 2015 Class
 

Just called for the February 3rd class.

21 New-hires
1 Returning

10 756 EWR
6 320 EWR
5 737 EWR

Welcome aboard!

Bring on the 756 in EWR!! Y'all will be on Reserve for a little longer but the fleet is awesome best flying you will ever do and flying you will never see again.

Interview date
 

Hi Larry. When did you interview? Trying to forecast out a class date. Thanks

Great news!! Any idea of what the breakdown of the class is? i.e. 121, military, TPIC etc

Congrats! Wish I was there as well.

Larry, welcome to the insanity. Unfortunately, I am scheduled to be out of training before you get here but if we meet on a layover somewhere, I will buy you a beer.

Greg

Thanks, everyone.

I got the call as I was packing up to leave the hotel and posted in a hurry and forgot to include my interview info...

I interviewed on November 13 so just over 2-1/2 months from interview to class date.

No breakdown on the makeup of the class other than 21 new hires and one returning pilot.

I'd certainly like to fly the 767 again, I'm already typed, but think I'm probably going to bid 737 1st, A320 2nd, and 756 3rd for the faster seniority progression. I'm 49 so hopefully I'll be senior enough to hold one of the 737 slots. Hey, I have a total of 12+ years combined on the DC8 and DC9 so I'm sure I'll eventually be able to figure out the 737s overhead panel! :)

Welcome Larry!

A 737NG will be a piece of cake compared to Douglas Commercial. Just remember you're flying the ailerons/elevators not their trim tabs.

A good friend/coworker will be in that class as well. He is a corporate guy who has been flying a Challenger 300 for many years. He has somewhere between 7,500 and 8,000 hours TT.

Don't think much difference in relative seniority on any of the fleets in EWR for new hires... Biggest issue is if you get 756 or 76T you'll not get to touch the yoke much and will be bunkie except for rare flights while on reserve or bottom line holder... I'd recommend bidding a 737 or 320 based on what lateral base you want next... If IAH don't bid 737... Other bases should be fine.

Very general question. Which fleet has most commutable trips out ewr, 75, 73, 320? Thanx.

756 or 76T hands down. The majority of the flying is transatlantic with afternoon/evening departures and morning/afternoon arrivals.

This does not mean the RSV short call periods always match this, however.

Just be careful with 76t. Early departures out of JFK and a few London trips start at 7:30 am and end at 9:30 pm. This month didn't have as many but it has changed month to month.

756.....Hands down. I don't have a crashpad and I have purchased 3 hotel rooms in the past 6 months.

Welcome aboard, Larry!

Now wherever did you get such a great idea?:D

do new hires fly both 756 and 76t?

You fly one or the other. The fleet is not combined.

Thank you...I believe she said 10 756 slots on the phone... I was just trying to determine if the early jfk flying would apply.

In the short term it would not apply to the 756 fleet. The flying out of JFK is on the 76T fleet for now.

Theoretically the fleets will be combined (how soon is an open question, but I am betting 18-36 months before that happens) and there will be a period of time when all of us 76T folks are transitioned over to the 756 fleet.

So, if you get the 756 assignment in New Hire the chances of any JFK flying in the near term is almost zero.

Could anyone else in the Feb 3 class send me a PM?

Not true on the 756 in EWR. The junior line holders that are around 70% on the 76t are doing 75% bunkie.

Can someone please explain the "don't bid 737" out of IAH comment? Why?

They are shrinking the 73 in IAH.

They are/will be bumping pilots off 737 in IAH... So bid 320 or 756 if you have plans on living there anytime soon...

Out of the 3, which would get someone to ORD the fastest? Seems like what I've heard is that all 3 would be around 1 year? Everyone think that's true?

For ORD bid the 737. The ORD 76T and 320 are slowly shrinking - getting moved to other bases (sometimes displacing pilots) while growing the 737.

No pilot hired after seniority integration (sept 2013) has been able to hold ORD other than an occasional TDY. But HQ says they are still short of 50 pilots in each seat for ORD 737 for this summer and hopefully there will be one more vacancy letting the u33xxxx (numbers given to new hires) folks into the base.

Ditto on ORD 737

When did you all in the 3 February class interview? Thx

So far I've compiled a list of seven of the twenty-one of us in the February 3 class. Send me a PM if you're in the class and aren't on the list yet.

How long to get 756 IAH?
 

I really appreciate all the help on this thread. I'm also in the Feb 3rd class (Larry, I'm already one of your 7 :) I interviewed on Nov 11th. Right now I think my order will be 756, 320 then 737. I'll be commuting from MSY. Does anyone have a guess on how long it would take me to get the 756 out of IAH?

I would say around a year or more (76T). I would highly recommend going 320 if you want IAH. You would get that basically right out of training. Best of luck and welcome!

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Best of luck and welcome!

Well boys and girls, that about sums it up!
It's so nice to see a thread that is so positive;)...congrats to you all and welcome..I hope these good times just keep rolling!

Guess this is something we can all agree on. Welcome to all the new guys and gals and please remember the half-wingers when it comes to meals and/or beers Captains. Rumor has it that our IAH contingent ain't towing the line on this.

If true, that's astonishing and pathetic. Hell, I'm an FO and I buy half wingers beers. YGBSM. I hope that rumor is dead wrong.

FNGs, welcome! Please wear your pin on your tie. We have a LOT of work to do.
Plus, that half wing really ties the room together.

I was on a guppy jumpseat the other day and the guys didn't know what a half winger was :eek:

I agree please welcome our new guys and gals properly!

Verified.

A fellow 73 halfwinger

Pathetic indeed. Got the IAH tidbit from a halfwinger who was sitting next to me at a pub on my layover in DEN. Said it rarely happened with IAH crews and was asking me if the tradition was dead. My F/O and I told him it wasn't and I promptly took care of his bill for him.

Shame that guys aren't doing the right thing with our new guys. Real chance to get this place going in the right direction, IMO.

Dirt bags.....There is no excuse for that!