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10-24-2021, 05:46 AM
#2771
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: B747 FO
Posts: 626
I just got accepted into the Cadet program, and hopefully get the remaining hours within a year. I have a question about bidding, since on a daily basis there are 6-8 OO flights to my hometown between AA/DL/UA. Is there a provision to bid flights by city? Like for example, if I don't care about weekends/holidays/AM/PM etc, but want to bid my hometown as the overnight?
However, your trip will start and end in your domicile. Unless the trip starts or ends with a DH.
10-24-2021, 04:16 PM
#2773
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Joined APC: Mar 2018
Posts: 615
I just got accepted into the Cadet program, and hopefully get the remaining hours within a year. I have a question about bidding, since on a daily basis there are 6-8 OO flights to my hometown between AA/DL/UA. Is there a provision to bid flights by city? Like for example, if I don't care about weekends/holidays/AM/PM etc, but want to bid my hometown as the overnight?
I’ve successfully gotten 2 (TWO) of those overnights in 3 years….. bidding <30% in each base.
10-24-2021, 10:24 PM
#2774
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Joined APC: Sep 2019
Posts: 170
Retiring at OO
Hi all. I'm starting class in a few months and, at 50, don't see myself making it to a major or LCC and I'm totally fine with that. That said, are there any travel benefits once you age out and retire? Are you able to hop on any open AA/DL/UA metal for an international vacation, and if so, is it base/airframe dependent? I'm not finding a lot of info on retirement benefits since most people move on. Thanks in advance for any insight.
10-25-2021, 05:16 AM
#2775
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,123
Hi all. I'm starting class in a few months and, at 50, don't see myself making it to a major or LCC and I'm totally fine with that. That said, are there any travel benefits once you age out and retire? Are you able to hop on any open AA/DL/UA metal for an international vacation, and if so, is it base/airframe dependent? I'm not finding a lot of info on retirement benefits since most people move on. Thanks in advance for any insight.
10-25-2021, 05:46 AM
#2776
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Joined APC: Dec 2019
Posts: 516
Hi all. I'm starting class in a few months and, at 50, don't see myself making it to a major or LCC and I'm totally fine with that. That said, are there any travel benefits once you age out and retire? Are you able to hop on any open AA/DL/UA metal for an international vacation, and if so, is it base/airframe dependent? I'm not finding a lot of info on retirement benefits since most people move on. Thanks in advance for any insight.
Congrats on the career change!
10-25-2021, 04:29 PM
#2778
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Joined APC: Sep 2019
Posts: 170
Great advice. Thanks so much!
10-26-2021, 05:02 AM
#2779
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Joined APC: Aug 2016
Posts: 215
As others have said don’t sell yourself short, you definitely could still move on.
To answer part of your question, yes we get some travel benefits. United and Delta offer us travel benefits, American and Alaska do not. United is automatic and for Delta you have to be in a Delta dedicated base when you leave to receive them. I also believe that to qualify as retirement it has to be 10 years of service and over 55 but I could be wrong
To answer part of your question, yes we get some travel benefits. United and Delta offer us travel benefits, American and Alaska do not. United is automatic and for Delta you have to be in a Delta dedicated base when you leave to receive them. I also believe that to qualify as retirement it has to be 10 years of service and over 55 but I could be wrong
10-26-2021, 08:52 AM
#2780
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Joined APC: Mar 2015
Position: Right Seat
Posts: 300
Hi all. I'm starting class in a few months and, at 50, don't see myself making it to a major or LCC and I'm totally fine with that. That said, are there any travel benefits once you age out and retire? Are you able to hop on any open AA/DL/UA metal for an international vacation, and if so, is it base/airframe dependent? I'm not finding a lot of info on retirement benefits since most people move on. Thanks in advance for any insight.
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