Originally Posted by
13pro
How are the schedules at AA? Specifically junior lines? Are most trips commutable? How many days off? How long to hold a line in places like NYC, DCA, or CLT (I know those are varying greatly in seniority…) Is it possible
to get 15+ days off regularly early on? What about life on reserve? Days off etc… Trying
to make a better educated choice. Most important thing to me is days off, even if it
means giving up some $.
every base etc will be different.
in MIA I held Long call reserve my first 2 months. One of those I ended up with 19 days off. Reserve off is 12 on 30 day, 13 on 31 day months. But you can only be used up to 85 hours so you’ll end up with 14/15 off minimum.
started getting lines with 16 average days off until this summer. Class mate junior to me even got 17 off. Summer is peak. Got 14 days off awarded June and July.
as to actual flying, you’ll have so many different answers. I think it’s pretty easy and nothing crazy. I like the 4-5 day trips as a commuter. I don’t waist days off on commuting. And finish with a red eye so I’m home in the AM and have the rest of the day to myself. Once in a while I’ll have a tough pairing but mostly cake. Especially for me coming from ACMI. And yea you’ll have suss come here and tell you how terrible the place is, don’t come, no QOL, no this no that. Yet he’s still here. Que 3, 2, 1