Originally Posted by
CaptainJay
Like many airlines OE is backed up 4-5 weeks and climbing. That in itself isn’t unexpected but they are now assigning R1 airport reserve to people waiting for OE when there are no check airman on reserve.
New hires are now having to commute into CVG and sit days of airport reserve with little to no chance of being used unless a Check Airman happens to pick up a Premium DOF open time trip. The truth is there will be multiple reserve people waiting for OE, so it’s a crap shoot who gets to fly. They do pay for the hotel though.
Sitting hotel appreciation (what my buddy calls it) with a bunch of other folks and a 1% chance of flying due to no LCA availability, when they can just send you home for a little longer, does not sound appetizing - not at the Holiday Inn anyway.