There used to be Monthly Open Time, for line holders to swap around trips all based on seniority. Then the relief lines are built from the leftovers, usually containing some good trips. Then the Daily Open Time opens late in the month.

Now, after line holders get their award, there's the seniority based MOT, then a 48 hour (I believe) Daily Open Time window (Mini DOT) opens where its first come first serve. Then, the relief lines are built, probably containing less desirable trips than with the previous way we bid. This is the first month with this Mini Daily Open Time so we will see. Then, like in the past, the Daily Open Time opens later in the month after people are awarded relief lines.

At least this is how I'm understanding it to be.

Close. First is MOT drop along with most other drops (training/vac), these are usually the quality trips. Then MOT seniority based then mini which is live. Then daily, also live. Relief lines are built after mini so I would expect fewer of these with mini now available. The good news is long term there should also be fewer reserves % wise.

Don’t know if anyone responded...if you’re top of your new hire class in seniority, and you get based in PHL, you will have a line immediately.

Last few bids yes, or 1 month of reserve and then a line, but I expect that to change when they get Phl to the size they want. Probably still the best bet for shortest reserve for now. Who knows once they open the next base.

Can anyone chime in on how long reserve is in Denver?

Jr line holder in DEN is 4/18 hire

The last vacancy is adding zero FO’s to Philly. I would assume that means Philly is the size it’s going to be for a while. So I doubt your statement is true any more.

Yep, time to open another 5 domiciles, reinventing the wheel, that’s what we do here at frontier.

If we can just get to 10 domiciles of 100 crews or less then we can finally surpass the illusive barrier of having more people on reserve than we do lineholders.

My thoughts exactly! 😂

I asked this question when I interviewed. They said the average ticket price is cheaper on the west coast compared to the east coast. 🤷*♂️

Think about the distance between those cities. If you fly on the east coast at night it’s eye opening, especially to a west coast pilot like me, how close large cities are to one another on that side of the country. Much higher density.