Things were actually moving when I was hired. 2018. Unlike now or the future until we get some scope.
I had to spend two months in the red eye reserve zone. It’s the most brutal thing I’ve ever done. You’ll fly the FAI red eye turn. It’s horrible. You drive to work in commute traffic and then home during the morning commute traffic. I would regularly get 3 in a row pop up red eyes. Managing the fatigue is extremely difficult.
Also you’ll get a strange breed of super senior guys that have very set and strange habits. A lot of the FOs with a line will call out sick from these trips. So they are pushed down to reserves often.
With 250 or likely less being hired in 21/2022 and zero scope I would plan on at least 6 months of this if not years.
20-30% of our lines are red eyes. So plan on that as a junior line holder. Also SE winter ops.
I can’t speak for the other bases.
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