Originally Posted by
tattooguy21
As someone interested in Envoy, after having read through the thread, the "aircraft" seniority recently mentioned was a bit of a surprise.
I also see a lot of back and forth on here regarding the reality of how soon one can become a lineholder at Dallas. There have to be numbers somewhere that shows the amount of time on reserves prior to being assigned a line at each base for both FOs and CPTs? Right?
If I'm offered a job at Envoy, my decision to accept is based off of two things; can I get Dallas out the gate and how quickly can I hold line there.
The other locations are so unaffordable and undesirable that I'm not willing to take my family anywhere near them. And commuting, while good for some, isn't the way I'm going. I already live in the middle of nowhere (about to retire from the military) where commuting would be a (at best) 13 hour endeavor each way after car rides are thrown in. As such, I'd just move for the new job. Hence all this.
Can anyone provide those real number, that I know exist, on how long long it takes to hold a line at each of the bases?
The reason there is back and forth regarding time on RSV is because while yes, there are numbers somewhere on what RSV time has been like up until now, there are a lot of moving pieces and in the coming months it's likely to look very different. We're trying to explain that to prospective new hires because someone looking at Envoy today won't come online until summer/fall. By summer, we will have had all of our 175s delivered and staffed. By summer, we will have taken back all of the 145s from XJT that were sent there. So say you got hired and started class on the 175 in May. Would you care that a guy that was hired back in December held a line in 2 months? Would it matter when there are no more guys hired in below you, keeping you at the bottom of the RSV list for the foreseeable future? Either way...RSV on the 175 has been 2-3 months as of late and DFW 145 has been around 18 months. But like I said, expect that to look vastly different by summer and the months after.