Prepare yourselves… 2023 AEs
06-02-2023, 03:01 PM
#2541
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,546
if it’s the next week then conversions will start in August so for me that could make or break my decision to bid on this AE as I have a couple life events I can’t mess around with end of summer. I was hoping second half of June meant more like an end of June posting, results early July, conversations starting in august at the earliest. but I know I am annoying with the date, I am just going back and forth with the wife on timing with this next bid. (she can be impatient sometimes lol). First world problems though for sure!
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06-02-2023, 03:15 PM
#2542
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Joined APC: Sep 2014
Posts: 4,958
I did this once and it bought me significantly less than a month of delay. You may or may not be at the back of the line depending on how many senior to you select the same option. “The line” may also be completed WELL before the end of the conversion window.
06-02-2023, 06:17 PM
#2543
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Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 2,558
if it’s the next week then conversions will start in August so for me that could make or break my decision to bid on this AE as I have a couple life events I can’t mess around with end of summer. I was hoping second half of June meant more like an end of June posting, results early July, conversations starting in august at the earliest. but I know I am annoying with the date, I am just going back and forth with the wife on timing with this next bid. (she can be impatient sometimes lol). First world problems though for sure!
06-03-2023, 05:01 AM
#2546
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Joined APC: Apr 2016
Position: Looking left
Posts: 3,331
06-03-2023, 07:05 AM
#2547
Property of Scheduling
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: Bus driver
Posts: 2,559
if it’s the next week then conversions will start in August so for me that could make or break my decision to bid on this AE as I have a couple life events I can’t mess around with end of summer. I was hoping second half of June meant more like an end of June posting, results early July, conversations starting in august at the earliest. but I know I am annoying with the date, I am just going back and forth with the wife on timing with this next bid. (she can be impatient sometimes lol). First world problems though for sure!
06-05-2023, 06:00 AM
#2549
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Joined APC: Aug 2012
Posts: 541
I had a similar experience on a 365-day AE bid with "Convert after Junior." It was a Spring AE and I was relatively senior in the award group so I reasonably expected to not convert until at least a couple months after the award. As it turned out most of the junior pilots were simply moving to base from NYC on the same fleet. Since those pilots didn't need training I was in class within 3 weeks and had a vacation week liquidated. You'll have to be able to accept at least some risk of that happening if you plan to put a bid in.
06-05-2023, 06:10 AM
#2550
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Joined APC: Feb 2022
Posts: 633
I had a similar experience on a 365-day AE bid with "Convert after Junior." It was a Spring AE and I was relatively senior in the award group so I reasonably expected to not convert until at least a couple months after the award. As it turned out most of the junior pilots were simply moving to base from NYC on the same fleet. Since those pilots didn't need training I was in class within 3 weeks and had a vacation week liquidated. You'll have to be able to accept at least some risk of that happening if you plan to put a bid in.
If you did have a “family life event” like a wedding that you are the best man in, is training helpful at all in working with you or are you pretty much on your own? I know there is no guarantee
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