Depends on what you consider good. Next month, my neighbors probably won't think I worked at all. FDX uses 4 week months, and I will work 12 out of 28 days. All are morning out-n-backs, starting at 02-0300 and returning by 10-1100. Some are 2 and some are 3 legs. The last couple months, I have worked B (afternoon/evening) reserve, and hardly got called the first 2 months. This month, with everyone turning down extra flying, I have been working a lot more, everyday for the last week and a half.

To answer your question, it depends on a lot of things. Stay in your newhire seat, most likely 727 SO, for a while, and you could be getting decent lines in a couple months. But, if we start filling widebody FO slots in SPS and ANC after you're hired, as we recently did, it could be 6 mos to a year. Upgrade at the earliest opportunity to an FO seat, Widebody FO, and then to CAP, and you might never get a decent schedule. Also, are you going to commute? Figure on adding 2 to 3 days a month to your schedule, until you get senior enough to bid double DHs or fly out of your home city. We have people who are still in SO seats at 7-9 years, because they fly out of their home city and are home everyday.