Originally Posted by reservelyfe

Haven't started yet, but I'm able to see the bid awards. A big hangup for me coming to Delta is that I'm involved in something that's important to me, that often requires some weekend availability. My experience at my current airline is that I was able to get weekends pretty quickly on reserve. It looks like NYC220B might offer the quickest seniority, so that's what I hope to bid.

In looking at the NYC220B bid awards and doing a widgetseniority calculation, it looks like it'll take a couple years to get weekends on reserve, and maybe four years with a line. Once the awards come out, is coverage ever good enough to PD a weekend or swap days around to open up a weekend on reserve? The money is less important, so I'd probably be using every tool available to clear up those weekends.

It'll take about nine years to make up my income at current pay rates (not interested in WB because of sleep issues). That plus the loss of weekends is making me wonder if this is the right choice.