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Old 11-28-2011 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Protrident
American Eagle website:

"Reserve
New pilots are assigned reserve lines in which they are required to report to their domicile within two hours. Reserves can plan on an average of 11 days off per month."

Does this mean that new pilots only get reserve lines where they are pretty much on standby the entire time instead of assigned flights? I ask because I live in Oklahoma City and didn't really want to move (will if I have to for a job) but was thinking that doing a little reserve each month wouldn't kill me in another city. But, this sounds like the whole thing is reserve and living away from my assigned domicile is not feasible?? Is that last part right? If I get a Regional job, am I pretty much forced to move to domicile to save me a ton of headache?

Thanks!
All airlines are like this. You can commute, but you'll need a crash pad in your base city. Your line will be full reserve as a junior pilot, no matter where you go. Plan on being on reserve for 6mos to 3+ years depending on which airline you end up going to. Good luck.
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