Originally Posted by
E6BAV8R
Reserve is much, much worse at Regionals. Not only that, depending on your base, holding a Line is exponentially better than being at a Regional.
It's also absolutely untrue that 'Junior FO's' can't do anything in IOT. Firstly, we both know it depends on your base. Secondly, the only part of the Reserve Grid that goes Red during DoT is weekends; which you shouldn't be expecting to get anyway as a Junior FO. Thirdly, even the first month you can hold a line you can avoid redeyes. Even if you get one, you can downtrade into other trips to avoid such a thing. Could you possibly get one? Sure.
I don't understand why you're talking like the world is about to end, especially when what you said is absolutely untrue or could be true depending upon your particular situation.
It also blows my mind while people talk so much crap about an airline, apparently hate it so much, yet don't leave; especially in this environment.
Aside from ready reserve, our reserve is exactly the same as it is at a regional. It might actually be worse, due to the amount of 1 and 2 day trips here. Lots of back and forth to the airport. The world isn't ending here, but let's look at the big picture: Most of us came here for quality of life and bases. Both have been eroded over the last 7-8 months. Trips are inefficient, and we work more days for less pay. A new hire at
Mesa will get around 40-50k more in their first year. FWIW, I am leaving, I am just waiting on a class date.