Originally Posted by
Southernpilot
Great info. Thanks!
Whats the parking/shuttle situation in EWR? How long do you plan for your total commute from the house to the briefing room?
I just realized that EWR folks have to cover LGA too
. What about JFK...that too?
Can you drop reserve at United ( if so I assume there are restrictions)?
Whats this aggressive pick up I hear about? Can you pick up a trip while on reserve?
Parking Lot to the briefing room (should you chose to go there.. that’s another can of worms that people love to argue about here) is 15 or so I guess. Never really timed it actually.
No JFK flying at all for us. At least for now.
As far as reserve, it’s been a while so someone will come along to give better answers but you should in theory be able to drop reserve days or move them around some. Aggressive pick up means picking up trips on your reserve days instead of waiting to be assigned them. There is a pecking order to get them but in general it goes in seniority order for the pilots whose days available match the length of the trip. Makes life as a commuting reserve easier. Supposedly.
Which brings me to the next point. If you decide to go for the 756 in either base at the earliest opportunity you’re going to be sitting reserve for quite a while compared to the 737/320 fleets. Something to think about if you haven’t actually moved to base yet.