As a new-hire at 25% seniority in my category (NYC717B) the first month on the line, I'm in the odd position of having to figure a lot of things out quicker than the norm. I'm well inside the RLL Limit, so I need to decide whether bidding an RLL or Reserve (or Blank Line?, but the open time is a big unknown at this point....and I need to consolidate.....) would be more beneficial as a commuter. With the limited flying, I'm sure most of my RLL would be spent on "long-call" availability days anyway, but at least I can't (?) get converted to short call, and if a few of the guys senior to me also bid RLLs, there might be a rotation or two left to get my projection up a bit so I'm not spending the whole month on availability days.

But, I may have a better pick at days off and such if I bid reserve out of the gate...?

The other variable is that I don't think most of the guys on the projected category list are even going to be trained until later in the month (if at all), so most of this flying could end up in open time, even if it is awarded senior to me.

This is a lot to process when I'm just trying to figure out the very basics of PBS, WHILE still finishing up training this week!

Any help or thoughts on RLL vs. Reserve (vs. Blank) at 25% with only 1.3~ish lines of flying in category would be appreciated; I don't know what I don't know. Thanks!