Originally Posted by
ThatChecks
I'm just surprised because I really thought that the reserve QOL would have been a lot better at United than my regional. So it really is a shock to me that you can't move your reserve days around as you want.
I'll just have to hope for that second part, gaining senoirty quickly. Whats the ballpark amount of time right now for someone on NB reserve before getting a line at an east coast base? a few months, a year?
Just one data point. I was hired winter ‘22 into EWR 737 and it took me about 8 months from new hire class to get a junior line, and now I’m 42% in base and equipment holding most weekends off. I think 8 months is slightly longer than usual just because of the Ukraine situation happening right before summer and slowing down hiring a bit around then. Reserve is not great but there’s techniques to use to get more days off and a decent schedule. I was able to have 14-16 days off in the heat of summer using aggressive pickup on my reserve stretch minus one day, so the company couldn’t really use me on my last day of reserve.