I don't have all the answers, but here's a few:

The bottom 45 pilots are DEN based, but Chicago will be growing in the coming months (rumor is that it will be doubling in size), so you should be able to hold it very quickly.

For Denver, it could be a while (possibly indefinitely if Denver shrinks), but for Chicago or any new domicile, probably a matter of a few months.


Line bid, and not likely to change anytime soon, if ever.

Long call = 12 hours, medium call = 10.5 hours, short call = 2 hours.

You bid for morning/afternoon/evening reserve within the short call lines, and the company has a very limited ability to change that during the month (2 days notice, and only to the adjacent window).

Hard lines have a 12 day off guarantee. Reserve lines have 18 or 19 reserve duty periods per bid, depending on whether the bid month has 30 or 31 days. Otherwise, average days off next month = 15 for both Denver and Chicago, average credit is 81 for CHI, 77 for DEN next month.

The pay listed is inaccurate. For today's new hire, the scale looks like: $38 1st year, $61-63 during year 2, $71-78 year 3.


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Best pro is that the work rules went unchanged during the bankruptcy, and pay will snap back to pre-concessionary rates by March 2017.