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04-10-2023, 07:44 AM

clearskys

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How hard is it to get the 75/76 in training? How are A/C awarded.. age, SS? Any rumors the Orlando base ( when open) will grow and eventually include this fleet. Thanks!

04-10-2023, 07:47 AM

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How hard is it to get the 75/76 in training? How are A/C awarded.. age, SS? Any rumors the Orlando base ( when open) will grow and eventually include this fleet. Thanks!

756 is offered in every new hire class. Seniority is determined by age (old to young). MCO is a 737 only base for the foreseeable future

04-10-2023, 07:50 AM

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How hard is it to get the 75/76 in training? How are A/C awarded.. age, SS? Any rumors the Orlando base ( when open) will grow and eventually include this fleet. Thanks!

A few minutes of searching threads with multiple posts in the last week would show new hires getting the 756 in training frequently, and that class seniority for bidding fleet type goes by age. Have a look in those threads for more specific info. If not awarded in class could likely bid over in the first vacancy so long as you were ok with EWR.

Have heard no rumors of MCO expanding to include the 756 and would evaluate it as unlikely. The 756 pays about the same as the 73 (except for the 767-400) so if MCO is important just go to the 73.

04-10-2023, 10:03 AM

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On average, how soon could a new hire bid over to ORD on the 756?

04-10-2023, 10:08 AM

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On average, how soon could a new hire bid over to ORD on the 756?

Anywhere between 2 days to two years.

04-10-2023, 10:16 AM

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Anywhere between 2 days to two years.

I’ll phrase it a different way… What hire date ballpark has the junior spot on the 756 ORD been at over the past, say, 6 months?

737 is my first choice, I’m just trying to decide what my second aircraft choice is in case I don’t get the 737 for some reason. I should be plenty senior enough in class to get it, but I want to be prepared just in case.

04-10-2023, 10:51 AM

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As I understand this scenario, you are XYZ 756 FO and you want to swap to ORD 756 FO.

Looks like it has been in the 3-4 month range recently. When you get that far down into the weeds, it's easy for timelines to swing "a lot"

If you luck into a bid being open shortly after hire, the bid could be effective before you ever hit the line.
If there was a bid that closed the week before you start, it could be three months before you bid and you might not get it and it might be another three months before you get a bid that is effective three months after that.

04-10-2023, 10:52 AM

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Junior pilot there for this bid month was hired 11/22.

04-10-2023, 10:53 AM

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In the vacancy previous to the one that’s open now, some with less than 6 months got ORD 756 but they’ll be junior for a long time. If you want ORD as well as decent seniority progression go 73 or bus.