Originally Posted by
Sr. Barco
I get the same answer from pilots at all regional airlines that they are chronically short on pilots, lines are built to the FAR max and reserves are little to nonexistent.
Depends on the airline, as well as the SPECIFIC pilot you are talking to.
And friend of mine at one of the largest regionals showed me the bid pack for their domicile, the second largest in their system.
At roughly 1/3 the way down, the lines are at 85 hours, then dwindle down from there. Mid 70ish hours start at about 3/4 the way down.
So in that case, hardly at the "FAR max". The real kicker? Minimum days off starts around the 1/3 point as well.
So about the bottom half of the bidders get roughly 80 hrs credit, at min days off. Often times with 2 days off between trips.
The largest base, roughly 40% from the top starts min days off.