Originally Posted by
mkfmbos
Good info for a new joiner as ACY is basically uncommutable from most places. The next question is how long are people sitting reserve in those bases. Could be moot though. I heard reserve is going senior on the current contract. This will probably change beginning March or April. Seems like one can be anywhere within 4 months. Hopefully they order a ton of aircraft otherwise upgrades will be between never-maybe someday.
Most new hires only usually see ACY for maybe a month if that. For example last year I got done with OE in Jan. They had to build me a line in ACY for that month since the bids had already been published. I was able to drop all my trips out of ACY and pick up in DFW. A lot of my classmates were able to do the same.
I held DFW in March, I could have held a Relief line by May ( my hired date was Oct 2016 if that helps). I chose to stay on RSV because every other month I was bidding into a conflict, and for 38.50 hr I wanted to just stay home and not fly.
So I would guess RSV in a base as an FO can be anywhere from 2 month to 7 months depending on the time of year you get hired. Hope this helps