DFW tends to track very senior. You should probably plan on about a year to hold reserve 145 at DFW, and another 6 months to get a line. (This is where Dera comes in to argue "it's only 3 months"). The current DFW 145 plug was awarded it back in October, and is a 9/18 hire. So yes, he got DFW really quick, but that poor guy has been on the bottom of the reserve list for 5 months now with no end in sight. Life as the plug is no fun as you can count on perpetual 6 am airport standby until the next plug comes along.

Like my post before, it is nailing jello to the ceiling. There are a lot of pilots in the system who commute to Chicago or New York, but would prefer DFW. They hold better relative seniority in ORD. The guy who is the plug in DFW might have to wait well over a year for a line as senior guys transfer from other bases to DFW when they can hold a line. Right now, the window for guys transferring to DFW 145 are about Oct 17 to Mar 18 hires. DFW 145 guys also tend to be really senior on the forced upgrade list because they spent a lot of their Envoy time on reserve.