First off I bet they will get thousands of apps on the first day. Second the hiring will be East 190 only. One of my four recs is from someone who IS in the know. Enough of the furloughed guys took the offer to go west (20K more for the bus vs. the Emb.) to fill all west slots. I would be honored to join U.S. Airways. There is a link for the pilot application on the job site. I only get some engineering job in PIT. Anyone have luck beyond that for a pilot job.
The link that you clicked on that resulted in the engineering job is where the pilot job will be when they finally post it, as of now the pilot job has not been posted.
I think it the opposite of what you said - West guys ended up taking East 190 slots because there were not enough West positions available. There are still West and East guys awaiting recall, but everyone has been offered and bypassed the 190.
Best of luck to you, if you really want it I hope it works out for you. One thing that is worrysome is rising oil costs. Hopefully you have some cash saved up just in case. Once on line get 500 hrs in type as soon as possible, which seems to be the magic number for contracts. I was reserve the whole time on the 190 and after a whole year I had less than 500 hrs on type, hence my inability to get a contract job.