Horizon Air base question.
02-24-2017, 02:28 PM
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That'll vary a lot depending on seniority and how the trips are constructed within a given bid.
On reserve, you'll probably fly every day you're available (and you'll likely be on the road for the entire block of reserve), so a typical reserve schedule is something like 3-4 days on, followed by 2-4 off, although you can end up with six day blocks of reserve during bid transitions.
Lineholders get more days off (somewhere between 12-15), and trips can be anything from day trips to four days (the exact breakdown varies bid to bid), with 4 or 5 day blocks made of back-to-back 2 or 3 day trips being fairly common.
This is all using our current line bidding system, and will probably change substantially once we're forced into PBS in May.
On reserve, you'll probably fly every day you're available (and you'll likely be on the road for the entire block of reserve), so a typical reserve schedule is something like 3-4 days on, followed by 2-4 off, although you can end up with six day blocks of reserve during bid transitions.
Lineholders get more days off (somewhere between 12-15), and trips can be anything from day trips to four days (the exact breakdown varies bid to bid), with 4 or 5 day blocks made of back-to-back 2 or 3 day trips being fairly common.
This is all using our current line bidding system, and will probably change substantially once we're forced into PBS in May.
02-24-2017, 02:31 PM
#3
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Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 2,480
Originally Posted by cactusflyer
That'll vary a lot depending on seniority and how the trips are constructed within a given bid.
On reserve, you'll probably fly every day you're available (and you'll likely be on the road for the entire block of reserve), so a typical reserve schedule is something like 3-4 days on, followed by 2-4 off, although you can end up with six day blocks of reserve during bid transitions.
Lineholders get more days off (somewhere between 12-15), and trips can be anything from day trips to four days (the exact breakdown varies bid to bid), with 4 or 5 day blocks made of back-to-back 2 or 3 day trips being fairly common.
This is all using our current line bidding system, and will probably change substantially once we're forced into PBS in May.
On reserve, you'll probably fly every day you're available (and you'll likely be on the road for the entire block of reserve), so a typical reserve schedule is something like 3-4 days on, followed by 2-4 off, although you can end up with six day blocks of reserve during bid transitions.
Lineholders get more days off (somewhere between 12-15), and trips can be anything from day trips to four days (the exact breakdown varies bid to bid), with 4 or 5 day blocks made of back-to-back 2 or 3 day trips being fairly common.
This is all using our current line bidding system, and will probably change substantially once we're forced into PBS in May.
02-25-2017, 03:26 PM
#4
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Joined APC: Jan 2014
Position: fatigued
Posts: 1,397
Originally Posted by word302
I thought this was something you guys voted in.
Most junior GEG FO is 8/1/16, and the most junior line holder is 11/16/15
So if you were hired today on the Q400 you can expect at least 5-6 months of commuting to reserve to MFR or BOI, and once you get to Spokane you would be on reserve there for over a year. Because we're so short on FOs you would be used every single day, 11 days off is all you get, but since you're gonna have to commute at least 4 times per bid you can bring that number down to 7 days off per month.
The other option is to wait for the E175, get in the first new hire class and be a senior line holder with weekends off in SEA flying the best schedule imaginable.
Or just go somewhere else.
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