Junior FDX reserve/line life on 757
02-08-2015, 07:42 AM
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Retired
Posts: 404
Originally Posted by MEMA300
They only way to compare apples to apples is compare line pilots schedules. Not everybody can be on RSV in Memphis or a Flex. The day to day schedules are a bear. My commuter buddies knew that in the mid 90s and have endured a furlough or two but are now flying during the day with occasionally their families in the back to enjoy a nice layover.
New hires at DAL are getting wide body FO pay and can commute from home the day of a trip rather than coming in the day before. They can also under certain circumstances pull reserve from home....can't do that at fedex since they just assign you a hotel standby.
New hires at DAL are getting wide body FO pay and can commute from home the day of a trip rather than coming in the day before. They can also under certain circumstances pull reserve from home....can't do that at fedex since they just assign you a hotel standby.
02-08-2015, 08:47 AM
#22
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 63
Originally Posted by Flyinhigh
I thought first year pay at Delta was the same hourly rate regardless of which aircraft you were assigned. Is this not true?
02-15-2015, 05:58 PM
#23
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Always Fly With Favorite Captain
Posts: 376
Originally Posted by propilot
I am a very junior 757 FO. 100th percentile type. I bid and hold usually my 4-5th choice of A reserve. I live in Collierville and fly an average of 5 days a month. Mostly out and backs with an occasional day in a hotel. I can't remember the last time I flew on a weekend. The other 10 days of reserve are at home with my kids. Life is good... YMMV...
(GASP!!) adequately staffed.
02-14-2017, 12:15 AM
#29
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Joined APC: Nov 2009
Position: 757 right seat
Posts: 315
Originally Posted by Gilligan13
Is it that difficult to drop reserve days? Did the contract improve working on reserve?
02-14-2017, 05:45 AM
#30
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: MD-11 Captain
Posts: 4,304
Everybody has their own bidding preferences. As for me ... I would typically bid every week on / week off daytime (not necessarily hub turning) line. Then I would bid daytime Reserve knowing it was likely that I could hold one of my first 3 Reserve choices.
I probably spent 5 years standing B Reserve from my crashpad in Germantown. I suspect that I submitted an R day move/drop almost every week for 5 years. I suspect that less than 3 (total!) were approved. I honestly believe that "DENIED INSUFFICIENT RESERVES" is the scheduling computer default and that it take fewer key strokes for the scheduler. I always wondered if they could hit, "RETURN, RETURN, RETURN, RETURN, RETURN" and have denied 5 pilots trip trade requests in less than 30 seconds?
I didn't really consider it a serious schedule adjustment tool. I even tried switching into days with less reserve coverage without success. I just assumed that part of the Contract was broken and bid assuming that I would actually have to be available for the days I was assigned.
You shouldn't have to use sick leave to adjust your schedule for family obligations?
I probably spent 5 years standing B Reserve from my crashpad in Germantown. I suspect that I submitted an R day move/drop almost every week for 5 years. I suspect that less than 3 (total!) were approved. I honestly believe that "DENIED INSUFFICIENT RESERVES" is the scheduling computer default and that it take fewer key strokes for the scheduler. I always wondered if they could hit, "RETURN, RETURN, RETURN, RETURN, RETURN" and have denied 5 pilots trip trade requests in less than 30 seconds?
I didn't really consider it a serious schedule adjustment tool. I even tried switching into days with less reserve coverage without success. I just assumed that part of the Contract was broken and bid assuming that I would actually have to be available for the days I was assigned.
You shouldn't have to use sick leave to adjust your schedule for family obligations?
Last edited by MaydayMark; 02-14-2017 at 06:00 AM.
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