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06-03-2019 | 01:12 PM
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Schedules
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Whats a typical reserve schedule look like? How many on / how many off? Then once holding a line is it hard to bid/receive 4 days or more off in a row? Being a commuter just trying to figure out what reality is.
Whats a typical reserve schedule look like? How many on / how many off? Then once holding a line is it hard to bid/receive 4 days or more off in a row? Being a commuter just trying to figure out what reality is.
06-03-2019 | 02:07 PM
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Starting a new thread as wasn't sure which thread to put this in.
Whats a typical reserve schedule look like? How many on / how many off? Then once holding a line is it hard to bid/receive 4 days or more off in a row? Being a commuter just trying to figure out what reality is.
Whats a typical reserve schedule look like? How many on / how many off? Then once holding a line is it hard to bid/receive 4 days or more off in a row? Being a commuter just trying to figure out what reality is.
No ifs ands or buts about it, commuting to reserve sucks and that's true for pretty much all of the regionals.
06-03-2019 | 02:07 PM
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Can’t help. I got hired shortly after hiring resumed after the hiring freeze. I was only on reserve for five days after IOE and then they cobbled together a schedule for me for the next month. The month after that I was a lineholder. If you bid long trips (4 days)you sort of get long breaks by default.
06-03-2019 | 02:19 PM
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Can’t help. I got hired shortly after hiring resumed after the hiring freeze. I was only on reserve for five days after IOE and then they cobbled together a schedule for me for the next month. The month after that I was a lineholder. If you bid long trips (4 days)you sort of get long breaks by default.
06-03-2019 | 03:01 PM
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Reserve schedule is 11 or 12 days off depending on the month (30 or 31 day bid month). You probably will spend only a short time on reserve if you are SEA based, a bit longer in LAX and even longer in PHX although they don't have airport reserve so it's a little nicer. Unless you waive it you are guaranteed a block of 4 days off. When I did reserve days, I would try to bid for 6 day reserve blocks.
No ifs ands or buts about it, commuting to reserve sucks and that's true for pretty much all of the regionals.
No ifs ands or buts about it, commuting to reserve sucks and that's true for pretty much all of the regionals.
Yup but part of the deal - can't uproot my home situation to chase the dream. I am hoping for PHX but know I likely will get LAX or SEA first.
06-03-2019 | 03:02 PM
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Can’t help. I got hired shortly after hiring resumed after the hiring freeze. I was only on reserve for five days after IOE and then they cobbled together a schedule for me for the next month. The month after that I was a lineholder. If you bid long trips (4 days)you sort of get long breaks by default.
06-03-2019 | 03:19 PM
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Well, if you don't waive it, it's a min of 2 days off between reserve blocks, and one block of at least 4 days off. But you will get some blocks with only 2 days off more than likely...
06-04-2019 | 06:44 AM
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Would you please explain 'waive it' -- last post you mentioned 4 days off in-between reserve if don't waive it .. thanks for helping out with the terminology of 121 bid world.
06-04-2019 | 08:19 AM
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The contract has certain schedule protections (e.g. two days minimum between work blocks) that can be declined (read “waived”) at the bidder’s discretion in order to bid for a schedule more to his/her liking. For example, you might prefer to cram all of your flying into the beginning of the month, whereas a bunch of 2-day breaks spreads the trips out too much for that.
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