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Old 11-10-2018, 04:08 PM
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Can somebody give an estimated number of hours a newly hired FO can expect to fly in each base/aircraft type?
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Old 11-10-2018, 05:29 PM
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Can somebody give an estimated number of hours a newly hired FO can expect to fly in each base/aircraft type?
Uh, let's pretend you'll be straight to a line. That said, every equipment/base is between 72-85 hours.

Reserve is difficult to estimate because getting called depends on a variety of factors like weather, staffing, HardLemonades's parties, time of the year, relative seniority. I don't think I've heard of more than 40 as an FO lately, but I haven't been asking.
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Old 11-10-2018, 05:33 PM
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Is there a list of junior lineholders per base/equipment somewhere in this forum?
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Old 11-10-2018, 05:55 PM
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Is there a list of junior lineholders per base/equipment somewhere in this forum?
No, because it changes every month.
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Old 11-10-2018, 06:39 PM
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No, because it changes every month.
Well, of course it does. I was just wondering since many regionals here have them listed.
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Old 11-11-2018, 08:22 PM
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Can somebody give an estimated number of hours a newly hired FO can expect to fly in each base/aircraft type?
hired 2/2018

145 fo ny
first month flying (May) was 30 hours or so due to ioe.
next 4 months of reserve were spending 20-35 hours a month flying.
I flew every chance i could and i picked up as much open time as i could. but my reserve schedule had most weekends off so there may have been more flying if i bid reserve on weekdays.

line holder as of October. last month i flew like 85 hours. this month's schedule is worth about as much for me too. I trip trade to get lots of hours when possible.

you will probably have a completely different experience though as things tend to shift around.

Being on reserve is great though if you live in base and get rap every day which i did almost exclusively.
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Old 11-17-2018, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by arbatistoni View Post
hired 2/2018

145 fo ny
first month flying (May) was 30 hours or so due to ioe.
next 4 months of reserve were spending 20-35 hours a month flying.
I flew every chance i could and i picked up as much open time as i could. but my reserve schedule had most weekends off so there may have been more flying if i bid reserve on weekdays.

line holder as of October. last month i flew like 85 hours. this month's schedule is worth about as much for me too. I trip trade to get lots of hours when possible.

you will probably have a completely different experience though as things tend to shift around.

Being on reserve is great though if you live in base and get rap every day which i did almost exclusively.

Thanks for sharing. Did RAP in base let you maximize your opportunities to get tagged with an actual flight?

Any ORD 145 or 175 FOs able to talk about their flying hours in base on reserve and/or with a line?
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Old 11-17-2018, 06:04 AM
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Thanks for sharing. Did RAP in base let you maximize your opportunities to get tagged with an actual flight?

Any ORD 145 or 175 FOs able to talk about their flying hours in base on reserve and/or with a line?
RAP = Reserve Availability Period. It doesn’t matter if you live there or not. Your chances of flying are the same whether you’re sitting in a crashpad or a 400sq ft studio apartment in Logan Square.
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Originally Posted by Voski View Post
Thanks for sharing. Did RAP in base let you maximize your opportunities to get tagged with an actual flight?

Any ORD 145 or 175 FOs able to talk about their flying hours in base on reserve and/or with a line?
It all depends on seniority when it comes to flying on reserve. If you at the top in ORD on the 175 you won’t fly much unless you pick up trips or proffer for them.
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Originally Posted by Voski View Post
Thanks for sharing. Did RAP in base let you maximize your opportunities to get tagged with an actual flight?

Any ORD 145 or 175 FOs able to talk about their flying hours in base on reserve and/or with a line?
I'm an ORD 145 FO that's been with the company a little over a year. Flying time on reserve seems to vary quite a bit, but in general the 145 is heavily overstaffed on the FO side. There was a three month stretch while I was on reserve that I flew a TOTAL of two hours, and it was not for lack of trying. As a lineholder it's obviously much better, 70-75 hrs/month.
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