Expect LAS 2-5 months after training ends, depending on class seniority.

If you prefer *any* line over reserve, then yes you can get a line within 4-6 months depending on how many of the senior guys grab reserve lines to play the move-up or JRM scheduling game.

During non-summer months however, reserve in LAS not necessarily a bad deal especially if you actually live in LAS. Drop every single green day, and then wait for the phone to ring. As a new guy, you're supposed to be pretty close to the top of the call list so even if you drop most or all of your reserve schedule, you'll probably still fly as much or as little as you want and some of that flying could pay junior man rate or have a move-up credit incentive. For example, if you accept a trip with less than contract 3-hr notice you're pretty much guaranteed at least a small move-up pay incentive.

That said, even if we avoid getting stuck with PBS you can expect any new contract to completely change how the senior guys bid. So don't have any grand schedule expectations coming in.

As for pay... Our contract is a couple years past due and we're still in mediated negotiations with a management team that publicly blamed the pilots for an under-manning induced scheduling meltdown that everyone knew would happen 2 weeks before the month even started. You can imagine how much trust was lost right there. Everyone hopes for the best but an awful lot of spirit pilots have active applications elsewhere. Bottom line is regardless of your other incentives, motivations, or career aspirations, don't join spirit hoping for a hypothetical future pay raise.