G550av8r

As an outsider looking in trying to understand the language here...does this new vacancy bid mean new hires for 2017 can expect an ANC domicile?

navigatro

possible but not guaranteed. my guess is new hires in each class may have vacancies in SDF and ANC, so it could come down to your age.

G550av8r

How is the commute to SDF and ANC from ONT?

How long would it take a new-hire now to hold ONT? I'm assuming you would have to get awarded the 757 out of training to have any chance of moving over there in a timely fashion.

UPSFO4LIFE

It's kind of hard to answer your questions because I have never seen a vacancy bid like this here in over 11 years. There is going to be lots of movement, changing seats, fleets and domiciles. Anyone on here telling you about commutes, bases for new hires or schedules, are quite honestly guessing. New hires will get what's left over after they fill this bid that closes in January.

Flybynight101

When does this bid close?

brownie

01/03/17.....

Archie Bunker

Actually, I can tell him about the commute from ONT to ANC, because I did it for 8+ years.

It's not easy, but it is doable. There's only one company flight out of ONT (an MD-11) that operates M-F, and it leaves at approx 2am. The problem with this flight is that it has an IRO on it 4 days out of the week. That only leaves 4 seats open, and two of those are usually taken by P3 jumpers (757 guys) on their way to ANC to start a trip. Bottom line is 2 jumpseats available for P7 jumpers to ANC. Summertime is always much worse for commuting than wintertime.

There are other options from SoCal...basically anything that will get you to SEA, then the SEA-ANC leg, more than likely on Alaska. I have also taken company from ONT to BFI (leaves about the same time as the ONT-ANC flight), jumped in a cab, and headed to SEA for the 0600 Alaska flight from SEA-ANC.

Being flexible is key, as is booking that company jumpseat exactly 12 days out.

BoilerUP

The company will take all the vacancies that result from this bid, divvy them up in some fashion for each class, then newhires within each class will bid on those available vacancies in seniority (age) order.

It is probably a safe assumption, given the size of this bid, there will be openings for newhires in every fleet and domicile.

Whaledrivr

[QUOTE=G550av8r;2265131]How is the commute to SDF and ANC from ONT?

UPS has the MD11, with usually 2-4 jumpseats available M-F. But I hate to risk jumpseating into a trip with just the one option in case it breaks.
Another option, give up one of your days off & commute to ANC a day early.
Going offline blows. Once you get to SEA you are completing against FedEx, Atlas, UPS, Pen Air,...... fun stuff!!!

UPSFO4LIFE

Actually you could very well have several upgrades thinking about jumping from ONT-ANC making the commute extremely difficult. My point is the dynamic of this bid will change things here more than any other bid I have seen.