Skylane

OK letting my dumb out

Just what is a "Street Captain" and "Line Pilot" mean? What is meant by "Reserve" ?

C ya, Bub

BoredwLife

Street Captain- Some one who is hired at a company and never sits in the right seat as a First Officer but goes straight to the left seat as a captain.

Line Pilot- A pilot who is senior enough to hold a "line" at a company which is a set schedule with set trips at set times as opposed to reserve where you are on call for x amount of days in a row and can be called to work.

Reserve is bad.

UnlimitedAkro

Normally at most airlines pilots are hired into First Officer positions (second in command to the Captain). A street Captain is someone who was hired by the company to be a captain from the start, and bypassing being a First Officer.

Line Pilot is a term that is used loosely. Generally speaking, a line pilot is someone who has finished their training and is now out flying the airplanes from point to point. Not to be confused with the term "line holder", which is someone who is not on reserve. A Line Holder is someone who has a regular schedule for the entire month, and knows at the start of the month where he or she will be basically every day of the month (flying, at home, at an overnight etc.) A line holder is someone with a set schedule.

A reserve pilot is someone who is "on call" to the airline. There are many different forms of reserve and they are all different at each airline. But generally speaking, a reserve pilot is someone who is not a line holder and the company can use him or her as needed on their scheduled days of work.

Technically, both reserve pilots and line holders are "flying the line" since they are done with training and conducting scheduled flights.

usmc-sgt

what bored said,

Reserve is when you are not senior to hold a line but you are too valuable to have sit at home and have days off. You will typically have min days off 10-13 or so and everyday you may be "on" from say 5am until 5pm where the company can call you anytime during that frame and have you fly anywhere needed and you have to be at the plane within say an hour and a half. Hot reserve is even worse, you get paid a little bit more but not enough to make it worth it and you sit at the airport in uniform for 12 hours so you are extra ready in case they need you.

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Skylane

Well I can understand this then.

Appreciate the replies. Now when I read the pilot wanted ads, I will at least have an idea what their looking for.

Fly safe, Bub