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Old 06-15-2014, 05:05 PM
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John Carr
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Along what the other people said, "it just depends......"

At USAir, pre 9/11, 13 years on property and you could be a junior CA or super senior FO. AFTER 9/11, that super senior FO is NOW a JUNIOR FO, smallest equipment, smallest pay check, on reserve.

At UAL, some pilots when right to holding a hard line, minimal reserve. If they were lucky enough to not get furloughed, back on reserve. After they furloughed AGAIN in 2008, about 10 years on property was junior FO.

At one regional I've worked at, same/similar. MAYBE a month of reserve, then a pretty rapid rise to line holder with 14+ days off easily. Fast forward to the 2008 poop storm. The 3 year FO that was about to upgrade is now on reserve. The bottom reserve CA has about 5 years, and STAYED bottom/reserve for 2-3 more years.
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