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PW4060
After digging into this thread a little deeper it appears that DTW on the 200 has the quickest road to holding a line, followed by LGA on the 900, MSP on the 200 and finally JFK on the 900. Seem correct?
I understand things are changing quickly but I am wondering how much flying there is on reserve, I remember reading on earlier threads numbers around 25 a month which seems very low.
Thanks for any input.
The past few months the most Jr. FO line holders are found on the MSP CJ2 line. The next lowest lowest looks to be DTW CJ2 followed by LGA 900.
I completed OE in MAY assigned to DTW CJ2 (two three day trips) and first on the schedule in June, the August schedule shows me about 1/2 way up the reserve list, I hoping for a line in October (4 months on reserve) though the number of DTW CJ2 pilots in the pipe line look to be a bit low this upcoming month. Yet two CRJ 200's were added this past month and word is they are adding 2 more for September, this will help shorten up reserve time on the 200 a bit. In June I flew around 25 hour, with 8 ready reserve days. So far in July I have 62 hours credit with only 2 ready reserve days, others in my class also seem to be getting many more flight this month. My classmates who went to MSP CJ2 were awarded a line their first month out of OE.
The reserve here sounds like other places, you can sit around some months and you will will fly others. I do see an end to reserve life in the not to near future unlike other airlines and unlike other airlines crew scheduling seems to follow the contract.