Originally Posted by
Aztec1
Any guesses on how long of reserve in ORD for new hires? Someone posted about the ability to drop days; is this realistic as a new hire on reserve?
Also, what are typical trips at Eagle like? How many legs, length of duty, overnights, etc?
Min days off for lineholders?
Thanks for any info
Not sure how long the reserve wait is running at the moment, but dropping days can happen...but dont hold your breath on it. It depends on staffing, and we are entering a period where we will be super short on pilots and hiring as fast as we can. Youll have better luck swapping trips to get days off in my opinion.
Typical trips at Eagle on the ERJ in ORD are 4 day trips, 3-5 legs per day, 18-23hrs per 4-day trip. Duty days can be anywhere from 7hrs-14hrs(they cant schedule more than 14) and overnights from 8-17+hrs with the average running around 10-14hrs. There are some lines with day trips, 2-day trips, and sometimes 3-day trips but they go very senior and you wont need to worry about them for a while
Min days off for lineholders is 12, but I have seen lines with 11 days off for some reason... Min reserve days off is 11.