Originally Posted by flydiamond

As a reserve pilot you will get about 20 hours block (and probably 15-20 deadhead, lol) during your 18 days of reserve (you’ll be off on about half of those 18 days), and then you can pickup from open time on your days off. If you’re intelligent with your bidding you can stack 10 consecutive days off and pick up 2 four day trips each worth about 20 block, though lots in nyc tends to underblock so you’ll probably fly it in 16 block hours. So about 35 a month for the 6 or so months you’ll be on reserve. NOTE: this method will block 35 a month but pay 135 a month. Endeavor has excellent opentime pickup and pay rules. Minimal restrictions on a reserve pilot picking up open time on days off as long as rest is sufficient.

If you can manage to drop reserve days (rare Green Day’s) and pickup open time on those days you’ll get more, maybe 60-70 at best assuming you drop half the reserve days.

Once you’re a line holder, roughly 9 months from doh and 6 months from the end of ioe, you will easily be able to block 95 a month and make 125-145 credit hours a month if you live to work. Possible to do better than 145 depending on how the irop / byd fairy hits you. Sometimes it works out in your favor.

You will have no problem hustling to get 1000 121 hours within the first 18-22 months at endeavor and pending upgrade times staying rapid, finish your upgrade ioe within 24 months from date of hire. Timing out and getting paid to not work a month here is tough due to the new 117 tracking method the company implemented. It’s tough to explain but basically your logbook and pay 1000 hours will only equal roughly 920 or so 117 hours... the 117 clock doesn’t tick til you start taxiing after pushback. Someplace like New York 1/5 of the total block time can be spent at the gate waiting for push clearance...