Originally Posted by moon

Those 50 FOs is pretty close to the amount of reserves in ORD on the 145 so reserve time could drop to something like 3 or 4 months. It could be quicker because senior FOs will continue to bid reserve because it's much less work than line flying.

So people worried about reserve time shouldn't be too concerned in my opinion. Also there's about 60 145 ORD FOs going for upgrade or moving to NYC within the next few months so the whole current reserve list would have the opportunity to hold a line if they want.