Originally Posted by
Flying Elvis
Guys who really know what they're talking about, please correct me/ shout me down:
Based on the June award sheets, it looks like junior line holders are:
737 NYC - about 11,000
A320/MD88 NYC - about 11,500
So, figuring the junior guy out on the line is about 11,700 I figure 737 will be about a year of reserve, and A320/MD88 NYC as little as a few months.
But junior A320/MD88 trips seem to have a preponderance of early shows/late releases. So that equals more days away from home (I'll be commuting out of BOS/MHT)
Anyone here who can give me the scoop on life as junior Reserve in NYC on these various platforms?
Looks like a good number of the 737 trips are afternoon or evening, so are start times for short call later in general?
Thanks all you patient folk for trying to help us unscrew our gonkulations.
Trying to read the tea leaves on future trips is next to impossible. In the case of the MD88 the company wanted some relief on the ALV which was not granted. The ran the ALV too high in the winter because of 717 delays and now can't ramp up for the summer. As a result the company stated they have to run a min credit solution on trips to stay within the manning formula and that means fewer commutable trips and Longer trips. That will go Back to normal in Sep.
Marketing changes trips so often that there simply is not much consistency from month to month. The best advise I can give is bid the 88. You will gain seniority the fastest on that airframe.
Be careful in th BOS to NYC commute. Storms roll into NYC and shut things down. Then they move through and BOS goes down causing no shows.