There are no "normal" weeks anymore with this PBS they shoved down our throats. Depending on the base, you are more than likely to get Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday off. Reserve typically starts at either 0400, 0600, 1000, or 1200, although CS normally changes it everyday regardless of what you bid.

Holding a line in FLL as an FO is easy, or used to be. In the past, there were no FO reserves, so all the FO's held a line. I don't know what they are doing because of PBS. We can't see any other pilot schedules now, so someone familiar with that base would have to tell you what it's like.

Getting out West really depends on how many either get hired or quit. Depending on where you want to go, I would say a year minimum right now.