Originally Posted by
Riddler
Some questions about CAL reserve:
- What pay rate do you get while on 737 reserve? Is it the SN or LN pay?
- What determines whether or not you get A reserve (long call) or B reserve (short call)?
- What determines whether or not you get called to fly? Is it senority based, flying hour, or something else?
- Can you volunteer to fly an open trip?
- What is the max # of days on reserve?
- How often do you get called to fly (specifically 737 EWR)?
- About how many new FOs are on reserve? Most guys say that they're on reserve for about a month or so, but that was when they were hiring 60+ per week. So I'm guessing that the bottom 50-100 FOs can't hold a line.
Thanks,
Riddler
If you go to EWR, you probably won't sit reserve, at least not more than a month or so. Sept hires will hold a line in Jan.
First year pay is $30.57/hour. It doesn't matter what aircraft you fly.
A or B reserve is determine by seniority. You probably won't hold A reserve for the first couple of months in IAH, or longer in Guam and CLE. Again, in EWR you probably won't sit reserve after IOE for any length of time.
Combination of a lot of things. Generally by seniority, most junior gets assigned first, but availability, hours flown, etc all plays into it. You can aggressively pick up trips the day before your reserve duty in your pick-up window. A's get first choice, followed by B's. So you can control your trips to a certain extent, up to maximum number of credit hours per month of 72 for A and 76 for B reserve. You won't be allowed to fly more than that each month, unless the company is very short. I had only two months on reserve with more than 76 hours of pay.
12 days off a month. So depending on the month 18 - 19 days a month of reserve (16 in Feb). Minimum of 2 days off in a row. 8 hard days off a month that can't be moved by Crew Scheduling and 4 soft days off a month that can be moved by Crew Scheduling (called "rolling your day-off" - happened to me twice). I never flew all reserve days of the month. I always had at least one or two days on reserve but not used.
Depends. In July and August you will fly - A LOT. Now, not so much. In IAH there are about 40 pilots on reserve. In EWR, there are about 31 pilots on reserve. 90% or lower on the seniority list holds a line.
We've never hired 60 per week. The number is 16 per week. It's been reported that the hiring is dropping to 8 per week, but there is confusion on that. Pilot recruiting is saying 12 with back to 16 by the end of February.