First Officer BASE DROPS- Initial and Monthly
#61
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I'll tell you this much, projecting base drops is absolutely unpredictable at this company. Last class got mostly IND and PIT which are usually senior becauses the upgrade class that started at the same time were mostly PIT and IND FOs, so they needed to back-fill. Somebody who wanted Lugordia which is usually always available couldn't get it.
The good news is that you can usually get to the base you want pretty quick, but for a month or two it is going to suck sitting reserve while commuting. That means you will have to get a crash pad.
The good news is that you can usually get to the base you want pretty quick, but for a month or two it is going to suck sitting reserve while commuting. That means you will have to get a crash pad.
#62
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However, this thread is starting to stray off topic.
#63
For potential new hires looking to come here for the MIA base you need to understand how "holding" a base works here.
"Holding" a base is not just seniority based on DOH. First there has to be a vacancy. So for example, right now the junior FO in base at MIA is March 2017. That FO got lucky and got in this summer when MIA was expanding. MIA is now fully staffed and it very senior now to get an award.
Here are the past three months of awards to MIA for FO's:
Jan 18- MIA none
Feb 18- MIA none
March 18- MIA 2- DOH 9/15 (2 years and 2 months of seniority at time of award for March 2018, will actually be in base at 2 years and 6months from DOH)
So for all you potential new hires out there, I want you to understand the truth about MIA. Even though our current seniority list shows a DOH of March 2017 as the junior FO in base. The past three months of base awards only two FO's got into MIA with a DOH of 9/15. Right now on the denied award report for the last award for MIA there were 43 FO's denied MIA. So for a new hire starting today, you already have 43 FO's senior to you trying to get into MIA. In the past three months we've only seen two FO's get into MIA. I understand things change, people upgrade and leave the company. Summer brings more flying etc. However, as of now flying is not increasing in MIA and I don't see a huge wave of Captain upgrades happening. MIA had a wave of vacancy awards last spring and summer, and that wave has passed. MIA is fully staffed and senior to get now.
Bottom line:
By my math it would take a new hire over 2 years to be awarded MIA as an FO.
#65
If you read my post fully, I mention the current Junior FO in base is March 2017, but you can't base your time to award on that. The last award for March 2018 went to a 9/15 hire. So with a list of 43 FO's trying to bid MIA a new hire today has a long wait over 2 years, unless some crazy movement happens.
#67
I think you could get CMH as a new hire award though.
Disclaimer: These things could always change without a moments notice, just the trend as of this posting today.... this is the airline industry.
#68
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Read my post above. Both Pit and Cmh were awarded in a recent class but special circumstances caused pit to open up. You just don’t know, it is a crap shoot what you are awarded initially. If you don’t get either in training you’ll get itwith your initial base swap bids or 2
#70
I live in PIT and would love to have it as a base, however I've been told that you could be on reserve for over a year at PIT? Is that really the case, cause if it is it sounds like it would be better to just commute to EWR or something from PIT
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