Originally Posted by
CFIsoonToBeFO
What these youngins don’t understand is Sept & Oct are historically months the traveling public doesn’t fly. So the airlines normally reduce flying in these two months so pilots don’t time out at 1000 hrs (granted it is a rolling 12 months). Which in turn makes a lot more folks sit reserve. But yes those numbers sound about right. Lots of junior folks hold Sept/Oct vacations to, who are normally on reserve, therefore making the company build more reserve lines. If Nov & Dec lines are that horrible, then it is time to bail and jump ship!
that actually has nothing to do with why reserves are so high across the board. It was never that bad in years past during oct or nov (except covid) .
Quite a long way from last year when FOs were offering $200 to $500 to get ride of trips as everybody was worked to the max and nobody was picking things up off the trade boards.