Originally Posted by
FlameNSky
envoy's current reserve time is already at 18 months. It went from 4 years to 18 month in less than a 12 month time period. Care to guess what it will in another 12 months? Reserve and Upgrade times are fluid and current times are rarely a good indicator of future, whether good or bad. Do you pull last week's METARs and TAFs when planning a flight today?
When I was hired in 2004, there was only a few more classes before they stopped hiring for about 6 months and even then, it was slow hiring. Guys that were hired just a month or two before me spent just a month on reserve and I spent two years. Timing is everything and not everything situation can be anticipated.
Given the fact that we are seeing a large number of block hours being returned to envoy (25% increase in flying by the end of the first quarter) and based on new hire classes for the last few months, we will not have a grossly overstaffed reserve group that we have today and we will have many leaving off the top and coming in on the bottom keeping things moving. Reserve Time for a new hire today likely be around 9 to 12 months.
Reserve at envoy is one of the best systems at the regional level. Proffering and a highly regulated assignment process makes reserve a little more tolerable. Its still a regional but you have more control than most. Because of this, we have many senior CAs and FOs that bid reserve due to the QOL that they can attain.
Bob, I would take what this guy and the post above his and do what anybody with any sense would. Flush it down the toilet.
Sure, I agree that Envoy has the best flight benefits of any regional. But, do you want to be on reserve for 3 years as an FO where you can't use them? Or even if you are only on reserve for 18 months as stated above. There are other regionals you can go to today where you'll be sitting in the LEFT SEAT in 18 months, not on $35-$40 an hour FO reserve at Envoy. Who treats their reserves like dog **** by the way. That left seat time will be far more valuable than the 40 hours per month you'll fly on Envoy reserve. Why not Piedmont? They have the AA flow and a 12-18 month upgrade.
These two jokers above would be better served if they would just walk away from Envoy and directly onto the nearest pre-owned lot where they can fill their potential buyers heads with BS and get a real commission out of it.