Originally Posted by
SoFloFlyer
I absolutely love the flexibility I have here at RPA. Not always perfect, but I get 98% of the day I want off (I’m one of the more senior of the junior folks… i.e. I can hold whatever reserve days I want, but not a line). That said, I always drop my reserve days and pick up trips. Have to be willing to work out of base to build yourself a line successfully..
All that aside, RPA is amazing and has the best work rules out there. I definitely don’t regret coming to RPA and if I had to do it again, I’d try to get here sooner!
I'm kind of a little less "enthusiastically" in this same camp. From what I've gotten from speaking to regional colleagues in jump seats etc., we have it very good.
Originally Posted by
magnus0322
They get mostly 4 and 5 day trips with early report times on Day 1 and late finishes on the last day. You will find commuting IN GENERAL to be miserable.
Commuting sucks, that is all.
Originally Posted by
magnus0322
LGA is severely short staffed and as an example this month of out 500+ trips available there were only 9 total trips available that were at least 3 days commutable on both ends. That's with a 1030am or later report on Day 1 and a release time of 830pm or earlier on the last day.
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Not sure how short staffed a base is if it has 60+ reserve lines. There are 30 reservists available there today according to FLICA. I certainly agree though, there aren't a lot of 1 and 2 day trips in LGA. Having said that, understandably most commuters want longer trips to limit the commutes. Everyone is different. Folks I work with at EWR bid back to backs to limit commutes.
Originally Posted by
magnus0322
Also take everything SoFlo said with a grain of salt. FOs being able to drop reserve is an anomaly due to the current staffing. On the CA side they are unable to drop reserve or drop any trip. There's zero scheduling flexibility.
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I've successfully dropped and swapped for 4+ years now. You can't get rid of everything you might want to, but, there's a lot of flexibility.
Originally Posted by
magnus0322
If he's right and the new TA which is still below our peers in compensation passes and it fixes the staffing imbalance then FOs will lose their current ability to drop reserve.
Or...get in now, then all that happens and you're a lot more senior and have more flexibility !