Originally Posted by
Bhawkdrvr
I'm transitioning over from the military and I appreciate this forum, so I'd figure this would be where to ask some questions. Sorry if they might seem dumb to you, but I don't have any civilian (airline) experience.
First, what is a "proffer" and "RAP"?
Also, if I'm the new guy at the bottom of reserve list at DFW as a commuter, how many days am I on duty before I can commute back home? How many days on and off? I'm trying to figure out how this reserve time will affect my family life.
Not sure where you see me saying it was a dumb question, but OK.
Rap= reserve available period, the time frame you will be on call. 4am to 6pm, not sure on the other windows after that.
Proffer= the day before a rap you submit a request for any open trips, ready reserve or one of the rap windows. You proffer as long as nothing is on your schedule the next day, except rap. Once on a trip they don't touch you more or less then the line holder.
Reserve, you get 11 days off. Jr. You will usually get the 4am rap on the first day of reserve block. As far as getting home on last day, this is where proffering is important, make sure you keep setting yourself up to get am rap on the last day.
I just looked at the crj bid pack, it looks like you can expect 5 on 3 off with the occasional 2 off. Crap, the reserve Schedules look better then the lines.