Originally Posted by
Clutch dude
What should someone in the 95-99% range seniority expect their month to look like on reserve? If you had the choice to go 320 and be 99.9% in DFW or 737 and be 90ish% what would you choose for the long term best QOL? I realize it will be reserve for a while, just not sure what to expect yet.
Thanks!
around 80% is where you will be able to choose the days you work on reserve. Junior to that, expect to be on reserve every weekend, due to mandatory “coverage days” that are determined by the days the company needs the schedule filled out that those above you bid off (usually weekends).
80% is also the magic number where you can (usually) hold a Line. the 2 combined factors (line option, days you want off on reserve) are a big QOL bump.
next big QoL bump in DFW probably doesn’t come until about 40% seniority IMO, at which point you’re safely senior enough to get good trips you want in PBS without having to work the trading system to trade for them.
So both these numbers will come quicker for you on the 73 in DFW.