Originally Posted by
Skyhawkie
My only concern with Republic is the 2 hour call out on reserve, I agree with you about everything else. I live about 1 hour and 10 minutes from LGA without any traffic at all. With rush hour traffic it could possibly be just over 2 hours. I know it’s only a couple of months if that but was curious how others have handled a similar situation. Envoy has a 3 hour call out in NYC.
2-hour call out to show time. Which still gives you 45 minutes to get the parking brake dropped. If you're a few minutes late and communicate with the crew, it's really not a big deal. If you're really worried about it, drive part way and hang out somewhere if your reserve period includes rush hour.
It doesn't affect me one way or another where you go, but you're way overthinking this. Republic is the best option in NYC, period. Your fears of only being ~45 minutes inside the callout is pretty silly to those of us that have done it. And I mean that in a good way. I'd kill to have a 1 hour drive to my base. VERY few reserve calls are 2 hour callouts. Maybe 1 in 15-20. Many are for the next day. And you can generally figure out where you fall in the reserve pecking order using our software and/or just calling Crew Scheduling.
All for just a couple of months of reserve.