RJDriver900

Reserve times vary on fleet. Age and class drops determine base and equipment. The 190 side reserve is much shorter in length compared to the bus. Maybe 2 months short call and another month of long call before a line. 220 probably will be stagnant due to the delivery issues and the fact everyone going to it got delayed 90 days for training. If you got that then people will just keep coming in above you. Airbus reserve is longer but it wouldn't be years in JFK.

I don't think all of them were commenting with malice. It's more so how the post came off. It sounded like a "I'm not super sure about Jetblue and want to be at a legacy and am currently having a good QOL so why come to jetblue". Have to realize that what we are experiencing hasn't and won't always be like this. A lot of these guys dealt with the industry after 9/11. 08 recession and lost decade. Years upon years of making terrible money with crap rules and contracts hoping one major would call. Right now it's the opposite for people getting in.

Advice I always give and take with a grain of salt of course. A lot of the regional raises are temporary. It won't last forever. All it takes is another recession, pandemic, insert whatever crazy event to flip the industry upside down. Where would you want to be stuck at and would you be kicking yourself in the butt if you passed over a job at a major because you just got a line and don't want to be on reserve again? Especially if a legacy does call you'll be right at the bottom and on reserve again.

Some of the other threads have better and more up to date reserve times. Best of luck.