Originally Posted by
tmckeon79
So I'm hoping to get -900 in NY. Can anyone tell me how often one flys on reserve? Being new to the airlines I always assumed reserve was used if someone called out sick or didn't make their commute and so I figured you weren't called in very often. But reading this thread it seems you fly fairly often on reserve. Can anyone shed some light on why that is? I would think if there are so many more flights they would make more lines to bid.
I'm at JFK and I have been averaging about 25 hours of flying a month. My friends at other bases are flying more. I usually end up dead heading somewhere to overnight and then operating the leg back to JFK or vice versa.
This time of year there is more flying out of LGA than JFK, so I think my low amount of flying is due to that.
I also have a line in April and I'm a July 2015 hire. Just for reference.