ASA ATR's are not going away.......

[centralpilot]

Instead of starting another thread, I just thought I'd ask this about ATRs at ASA:

When you start as a new hire, how is it determine if you get the ATR, CRJ, or the CR7?

Is it done by age (oldest to youngest in the class)? Is it picked voluntarily by new hire pilots (eg, those who want the ATR get the ATR)? Or..... ?

You bid for aircraft assignments based on your seniority within the training class, which is determined by age. If there are no voluntary bids for an aircraft the youngest pilots get the assignments.

 

[eagle06]

mostly people get junior assigned (therefore the youngest) however a senior person can bid it. A few new hires are still going into the plane but not out of every class.

 

[CFI2766]

Instead of starting another thread, I just thought I'd ask this about ATRs at ASA:

When you start as a new hire, how is it determine if you get the ATR, CRJ, or the CR7?

Is it done by age (oldest to youngest in the class)? Is it picked voluntarily by new hire pilots (eg, those who want the ATR get the ATR)? Or..... ?

Typically, it's an oldest to youngest order when selecting aircraft at ASA. In my class, however, there were 2 ATR slots and 20ish RJ slots, with all the RJs going to LAX. The only way to guarantee that you wouldn't go to LAX was to get the ATR. Thus, the ATR went really senior. (LAX is now closing, so I think that there are no new slots open at LAX.)