Originally Posted by
flyerforhire
I also have previous 121 experience. I have a CRJ type rating. Would the most junior CRJ CA base still be about two years on reserve for someone like me? Would the kind of reserve you get, home or ready, be all about what you can get through bidding? Are all reserve lines at SkyWest ones with 11 days off? Or, are there lines that offer more days off per month?
Thank you for any information you have!
DTW has historically over the past couple years really flowed folks through quickly. It’s the most junior and most folks want to head west as soon as they can. It has 140 captains and 12 reserve lines in March. I have no idea if any senior guys bid reserve, but the 13th most junior guy has a 2/18 hire date. So that would indicate about 2 years. There were 14 upgrades and 3 CA transfers into DTW this month with 7 of those junior to that bottom line holder and 10 senior.
The junior guy in COS that should get a line is a 5/17 hire, so around 2 years 9 months.
The CRJ type and previous 121 time will help you with pay and bonuses, but not with holding a line. Like everywhere else, it’s all seniority.
There are no ready lines at OO. It’s long call or short call. Ready is an assignment that can be given to you. To the senior guy that has call first selected, or the junior if there aren’t any call firsts. SAPA supposedly has something in the works to limit the amount of ready one pilot can be assigned in a month and to eliminate it from call first, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Some bases get a lot of ready, some very little. I wouldn’t count on sitting around getting paid doing nothing on the CRJ though. Not unless this Coronavirus thing hits a lot harder than expected. CRJ guys fly.
Days off depends on whether it’s 30 or 31 days in the bid period. You work 18 days per month on reserve.