Originally Posted by
Flightsoffusion
Conquest/Cory, Thank you much for the info. May just be a mental block on my part, But I lost the translation on the part above. So, 6:30 is the show time of the 8 hour block. 8 hours later is 14:30. Beyond that, I'm clueless. LOL! Trust me, I'm trying! Maybe another example of what you were trying to convey? Would the San Diego turn be a trip ending in San Diego and beginning in LAX? Thanks much in advance. I guess that was why I was asking if someone could post an example of their reserve schedule for the rest of us amateurs to dissect. I had one from an SKW guy years ago but has since long disappeared.
A turn is just two flights that leave the base and go somewhere, then turn and go back. Everything in LA is pretty much a turn from either LA, or SEA. Lineholders and reserves do turns, however a reserve might get called to operate a flight to SFO then deadhead back to LAX. There really isn't a normal schedule for a reserve. You just have days that you owe the company and they can do whatever the want to within the confines of the 117 regulations and the contract. You may not fly for an entire stretch, or you might get assigned a 5 day trip that someone called out for. It just depends.
Don't get wrapped up on reserve, if you get hired here it will be short. A normal line has between 13-18 days off. Some guys like to bid all day trips with high credit and got 20 days off with 76 hours. But for most it's a mix of 1-5 day pairings.
A normal 3 day trip for example could look like this--
Day 1
LAX-PHX-LAX-MCI
Day 2
MCI-LAX-SEA
Day 3
SEA-LAX-LAS-LAX.
Seems easy enough right? Just wait until you hear "gate is occupied, it'll be about 15 minutes. Call when you get closer."
