Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Airlines are VERY seasonal...summer's over so business is starting to drop off. If you're not getting called now, you'll probably get OCT and early NOV off too.
But by late NOV, holiday travel will be on and all the pilots who timed out will be sitting home by the fire...you might just get your wish then
An airline could easily appear to be overstaffed right now, but actually be understaffed for the holidays. Since they can't just hire pilots seasonally, they have to stock up in advance, especially if they overwork us early in the year and get time-outs.
Gotcha.....totally understandable. The only thing I worry about since I just got on reserve is the 100hrs in 120 days. Since my IOE was only a little over 30 hours I still got some time to work up here. Does anyone know when that 120 days actually starts? I suppose that would clarify it.