Originally Posted by
schone
Hey guys,
Was wondering. When you look up through awards, bid packs etc...
What is they key by which you decide whatseniority number is needed to be able to hold a line?
In other words, what makes someone turn from a reserve pilot to a line pilot...?
Would the first guy's seniority number to get the last line that is nota reserve line signify the seniority number required to hold a line?
Thx
-schone
What the other people said is correct, but I would add that there are probably a few senior pilots who WANT to be on reserve for the month for whatever reason...so even if it looks like you will be on reserve, bid some hardlines too. When I was on reserve (about 200 pilots) I would bid for 20-30 hard lines first and then bid for all of the reserve lines, in preferential order. About twice a year I would get a hard line due to senior guys intentionally bidding reserve (or forgetting to bid
).
I knew a guy who would bid EVERY single line every month, even though he was low on the reserve list...occasionally a really good line would get passed over by the senior guys (cuz the the bottom feeders didn't bother to bid any of the the best lines) and this guy would get a great deal. I was too lazy since I always needed certain days off for family stuff and would have had to analyze each line for that. But if you don't care which days off you get...