Originally Posted by
aero77
Thank you for taking the time to type this when not required to do so. Can you explain the possible exception for reserve time on the CRJ?
The crj is a little tricky to figure out. Over the past few years, the projection of the size of the fleet has changed frequently. Therefore the number of pilots to staff the plane changed just as often.
Depending on how quickly the planes are transferred to PSA, the pilots on it might see very little movement.
It is possible that, on the FO side, if a pilot is at the bottom of the list, and there are very few new hires added on the list, then the current fo list would shrink as the fleet shrink. This would possibly leave the bottom guys on reserve for quite a while.
The only way to avoid reserve is :
A) senior guys bidding reserve or
B) junior guys assigned to the status.