Group 2 Captain just hit 3 years
01-13-2020, 07:11 PM
#11
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,889
Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets
So everyone has really junior CAs now that’s no longer a shocker like it was when DL first started this shift.
so now the question needs to be when can I be a line holding CA?
I was hired at UA in 2013:
I can hold one of the most Junior lines as a CA in EWR/SFO 320.
i can hold CA in EWR/DCA/SFO 320 and EWR/DCA/SFO/LAX 737.
holding junior CA is great but how long do you have to suck reserve eggs? A lot of pilots at majors won’t bid up until they are a solid line holder making forward progress in the seat difficult. Iv held CA for a little over a year now and am just at the point of junior crappy line.
so now the question needs to be when can I be a line holding CA?
I was hired at UA in 2013:
I can hold one of the most Junior lines as a CA in EWR/SFO 320.
i can hold CA in EWR/DCA/SFO 320 and EWR/DCA/SFO/LAX 737.
holding junior CA is great but how long do you have to suck reserve eggs? A lot of pilots at majors won’t bid up until they are a solid line holder making forward progress in the seat difficult. Iv held CA for a little over a year now and am just at the point of junior crappy line.
Got DCA a year later, sat reserve 7 months (but sitting reserve at home) and been holding a line since then. Today I’m at 68% and almost getting weekends off plus some holidays. Been moving up nicely since quite a few senior DCA 737 CAs keep bidding up to Phl and NYC WB every bid run.
Things are moving fast...
01-13-2020, 07:19 PM
#12
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Joined APC: Sep 2010
Position: HUD cripple.
Posts: 312
Originally Posted by aa73
depends on the base and seat. I took first available upgrade system wide just because I needed a change. Luckily, When I first upgraded back in 2017 (only took me 17 years, yeehaw!) it was just up the road in LGA 737. Only sat reserve 3 months then held a line.
Got DCA a year later, sat reserve 7 months (but sitting reserve at home) and been holding a line since then. Today I’m at 68% and almost getting weekends off plus some holidays. Been moving up nicely since quite a few senior DCA 737 CAs keep bidding up to Phl and NYC WB every bid run.
Things are moving fast...
Got DCA a year later, sat reserve 7 months (but sitting reserve at home) and been holding a line since then. Today I’m at 68% and almost getting weekends off plus some holidays. Been moving up nicely since quite a few senior DCA 737 CAs keep bidding up to Phl and NYC WB every bid run.
Things are moving fast...
01-14-2020, 07:37 AM
#15
Line Holder
Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 66
Originally Posted by nimslow
Thats the truth. I also upgraded in 2017, I bounced around between LGA/MIA, finally got home to DFW last summer. I only held a line for three months in NY, right before I got back to DFW. I'll probably be on reserve for a long time in the big D.
01-14-2020, 07:53 AM
#16
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Joined APC: May 2014
Posts: 273
Originally Posted by nimslow
Thats the truth. I also upgraded in 2017, I bounced around between LGA/MIA, finally got home to DFW last summer. I only held a line for three months in NY, right before I got back to DFW. I'll probably be on reserve for a long time in the big D.
01-14-2020, 08:10 AM
#17
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,889
Originally Posted by isuguy
Tryin to understand why it seems a lot of people dislike reserve whilst living in base. Is it not a good deal? I’m new here, but other than wondering if ur phone is going to ring, isn’t it “usually” a really good deal?
If the phone hasn’t rung by 8am you’re pretty much done for the day
01-14-2020, 09:09 AM
#19
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Joined APC: Jun 2018
Position: 757/767
Posts: 537
Originally Posted by Al Czervik
It will go from 35 years to guys under 35 years old. Crazy times.
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