Originally Posted by
Phineas
It’ll take a minute to get CLT out of training as a DEC but it’ll happen within a year I would say. Who knows, by the time you’re thru training it could all change and you’ll get it then. But I would plan on a year to be safe. I commute and my QOL is decent. As a mid range CA in CLT, I have 12 days off, credit 78-82/no and MOST trips are commutable. On reserve, I flew barely at all but it’s all about timing. Hotels are better than Super 8s and Red Roofs but it ain’t the Ritz. Mostly Hilton and Marriott properties.
Expect to be on reserve until about 3.5 to 4 years of seniority are built. We are at a low point for assigned flying and that timeline may improve as the pilot group grows and AAG assigns more hours to Piedmont. The reserve time may come down a bit after that but not by much.
We have four year seniority Captains next month with straight reserve in CLT and PHL for September and not by choice.