Originally Posted by AggiePilot

I'm about to leave active duty (C-130 pilot, T-37 IP, and currently T-6 IP)and am somewhat ignorant of how the start of an airline job works. I'd like to fly for CAL and fly with the reserves in San Antonio. I'd probably work a good deal at the Reserve unit to supplement the first - third year pay. I've got family in Houston that I could stay with instead of getting a crashpad. I've read on the forum that it takes such and such amount of time to get a line and that until then you sit reserve.
Does that mean you have scheduled periods of reserve in the same way that other guys have scheduled periods of flying?
How is reserve prior to holding a line different than bidding for a schedule that has reserve blocks in it?
Does having a line mean that you definitely get to bid for a flying schedule or will you still be sitting reserve?

Thanks,

AggiePilot