[HiJinx]

I thought that was the way it worked.
Until you get some seniority, you’re sorta stuck with what you can get - leftovers, as it were.

[SkyDancer]

Yep. The only way you could get a preferred route is if a senior pilot needs that route because of some reason or other and you switch. I usually have my routes planned out for the month as soon as the routes are posted and I bid on some I want.