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!
Also, if you live in OKC, I dont think the commute is too bad. I just checked and there are 7 flights/day from OKC to DFW. So if you get DFW, the largest ERJ base, your commute will not be too bad. Commuting on reserve in general sucks but yours you can make work. You'll need a crash though.
Will you have to move? Absolutely not. Will your life suck a bit more for the first few months on reserve? Absolutely. Will it get better? Absolutely, especially when you get a line. I was surprised to find out how many pilots here actually DO commute. Many live in base, but our contract has a commuter clause which can help. Basically if you try to commute to base on at least 2 flights that would get you in by your assigned check in time, you can use the commuter policy and not have it count against you (as a missed assignment). You can do this up to 3 times in a rolling 12 month period.