A320 FO Lifestyle LGA or PHL
03-04-2020, 07:31 AM
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A320 FO Lifestyle LGA or PHL
As a new hire living in domicile what is the reserve schedule like at both locations? Are you used and abused on reserve? When able to hold a line; what are the trips like? How many days gone? Thanks!
03-04-2020, 07:44 AM
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Can't speak for LGA, but PHL reserve isn't too bad. During winter, fly maybe half the month if you proffer trips. Summer time, you'll fly 3 out of 4 weeks, maybe all 4, depending on weather, ect. Possibly hold a line after 4 months, depending on base movement. A lot of guys in classes before me (PHL A320), held lines after about 2 1/2 months, because they hired a lot into PHL behind them. It took me longer, at about 6 months, because my class was the last one with a significant number of new hires going to PHL for a while. Looks like they started to hire into PHL again, so movement may he picking up again in PHL. The trips are mostly 3, 4, and 5 days trips, covering a lot of hubs, some Caribbean flying, a lot of transcons, and some trailing redeye's. Pretty good variety. Haven't seen many 3 days trips recently though. NY always seems to go pretty junior, so most can hold a line very quickly. One advantage to being PHL based, is that you only cover 1 airport, as opposed to NY covering LGA, JFK, and EWR.
03-04-2020, 10:46 AM
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I enjoyed my time in NYC, although the super early EWR shows kind of blow. Good luck getting there unless you're willing to cough up $70 for a shared uber at 3 am.
That said, movement in New York was incredible. The flying I got as the junior guy was pretty easy, with most stuff out of EWR touching CLT, ORD, or PHX before branching out. Flying the T bird on transcons out of JFK was kind of cool but will make you fat fast! Unless you can say no to beef and mac and cheese and ice cream sundaes and cappuccinos.
In PHL it seems most fly around 50 hours block a month. Work about 10-12 days a month, with 12 "true" days off (as in days you're not on reserve). The rest you sit on reserve without a call.
I would not live in PHL and commute to NYC or vice versa just for better trips. If either of those places are a quicker drive with traffic considered, then it would be an easy choice I would think. For a crash pad, PHL is way easier as you just have one airport to cover, and crash pads anywhere from Essington to Center City will be fun and easy to commute to the airport.
That said, movement in New York was incredible. The flying I got as the junior guy was pretty easy, with most stuff out of EWR touching CLT, ORD, or PHX before branching out. Flying the T bird on transcons out of JFK was kind of cool but will make you fat fast! Unless you can say no to beef and mac and cheese and ice cream sundaes and cappuccinos.
In PHL it seems most fly around 50 hours block a month. Work about 10-12 days a month, with 12 "true" days off (as in days you're not on reserve). The rest you sit on reserve without a call.
I would not live in PHL and commute to NYC or vice versa just for better trips. If either of those places are a quicker drive with traffic considered, then it would be an easy choice I would think. For a crash pad, PHL is way easier as you just have one airport to cover, and crash pads anywhere from Essington to Center City will be fun and easy to commute to the airport.
03-04-2020, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by sanicom3205
I enjoyed my time in NYC, although the super early EWR shows kind of blow. Good luck getting there unless you're willing to cough up $70 for a shared uber at 3 am.
That said, movement in New York was incredible. The flying I got as the junior guy was pretty easy, with most stuff out of EWR touching CLT, ORD, or PHX before branching out. Flying the T bird on transcons out of JFK was kind of cool but will make you fat fast! Unless you can say no to beef and mac and cheese and ice cream sundaes and cappuccinos.
In PHL it seems most fly around 50 hours block a month. Work about 10-12 days a month, with 12 "true" days off (as in days you're not on reserve). The rest you sit on reserve without a call.
I would not live in PHL and commute to NYC or vice versa just for better trips. If either of those places are a quicker drive with traffic considered, then it would be an easy choice I would think. For a crash pad, PHL is way easier as you just have one airport to cover, and crash pads anywhere from Essington to Center City will be fun and easy to commute to the airport.
That said, movement in New York was incredible. The flying I got as the junior guy was pretty easy, with most stuff out of EWR touching CLT, ORD, or PHX before branching out. Flying the T bird on transcons out of JFK was kind of cool but will make you fat fast! Unless you can say no to beef and mac and cheese and ice cream sundaes and cappuccinos.
In PHL it seems most fly around 50 hours block a month. Work about 10-12 days a month, with 12 "true" days off (as in days you're not on reserve). The rest you sit on reserve without a call.
I would not live in PHL and commute to NYC or vice versa just for better trips. If either of those places are a quicker drive with traffic considered, then it would be an easy choice I would think. For a crash pad, PHL is way easier as you just have one airport to cover, and crash pads anywhere from Essington to Center City will be fun and easy to commute to the airport.
So in PHL guys on reserve can expect to fly 10-12 days a month on the A320? That’s about standard across the A320 bases correct?
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