Originally Posted by
erjpilot7
Since I now know there is no PBS at Mesaba yet, how friendly are reserve and lineholder schedules for commuters? Days off in a row specifically? Is roughly a 4-on, 3-off or 5-on, 2-off schedule common or are there a lot of days off thrown in between 3 and 4 day trips? Is there a stark difference in pairing construction between the bases? Sorry if this has been asked before. This thread is so big it is getting impossible to search. Thanks.
What airplane are you on. If you're on the 900 or the SF3 you should be ok with commuting to reserve because you'll probably only be on reserve for a few months with the way we're hiring people for those aircraft. If you're on the 200... well you might be on reserve for a while. I'm on reserver right now and I did 10 days (the max) of airport reserve this month and wed is my only day off between last Friday and next Sunday. Next month I have one 2 on 4 off one 5 on 3 off one 5 on 2 off and one 6 on 2 off and then 3 on at the end of the month. As for commuting the day of here are the reserve periods:
P1: 500-1900
P2: 1000-2400
P3: 1900-2400 (High speed)
P3 usually goes senior (people that can hold lines bid it because they are rarely called) ... P1 and P2 are a wash. So you'll probably end up commuting the day before and after a stretch of reserve days. Also there is a lot of sitting around in base. I've flown 3:04 this month.
Good luck.