Originally Posted by
badgouge
Sorry for the new guy question, I've seen a ton of talk about this but I think I am missing some subtlety. I was wondering what the differences are between Reserve and Line holders. I see a lot of talk about WB new hires going to have to sit Reserve for years on the 777 out of EWR. Is that a terrible thing. Isn't reserve guaranteed like 73 hours pay per month? I understand the differences between LCR and SCR. Is a new hire just stuck on SCR and that is what sucks?
I am coming off of AD military and I wouldn't mind a slower pace on the flight schedule at least for a hot minute. I would ideally be living in base however we are thinking about commuting so that I can put the kids and wife nearer to family.
Thank you for any insight.
At your age, hopefully you will be high enough in your class seniority (it’s by age) to where you will have the option to avoid bidding a WB. Since you mentioned EWR, I’m assuming that’s where you are targeting bidding. Even those living in base in reserve can get abused. On a NB, the time spent on reserve has been very short over the last year+.