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Old 01-25-2022, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Dishubathla View Post
I have an interview coming up with Horizon Air, can anyone give me insight of the company?
what’s the current reserve time for new hires and is there opportunity to pick up open time. When does the pay start. How much flying do you get a month.
Reserve is going to be minimal in either airframe I would guess 2-3 months short call and then maybe a month of long call before holding a line. Could be even quicker than that as we haven't been told if/when we might get more planes and then the movement that's being experienced at all regionals. Pay starts on day 1 of ground, insurance in 60days and You'll be on your pay rate - 1year FO as soon as you complete IOE. Not sure if training pay is still $1600 a month but that doesn't include 24hr per diem a new hire would get though the entire training process so you'd bring home more than that 1600.

As far as flying the average line credit is 75-83 per month usually and in the busy months you can pickup almost as much as you want/part 117 will allow.
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Old 01-25-2022, 09:33 PM
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A SkyWest pilot in a recent new hire class with 2800 hrs and 83TPIC!??
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well, she got hired because?? not because of the time or only 83 hours TPIC 121. she knows someone .. just saying. we don't get the same treatment.
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Old 01-26-2022, 04:52 AM
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Is reserve times different for e175 and q400? Does one aircraft sees more flying than the other? I am more interested in E175.
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Old 01-26-2022, 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Turboprop View Post
well, she got hired because?? not because of the time or only 83 hours TPIC 121. she knows someone .. just saying. we don't get the same treatment.
I don't care that person was hired, good for them, and I really mean that. The reason I brought it up was that QX pilots have been hearing one thing out of Alaska's management's mouth and seeing vastly different results. But I will give them this, I thought during this hiring wave that there was no chance in hell they would honor their 30% hiring. They have taken over 70 pilots in a short amount of time, but I won't pretend that they had no other choice in this hiring environment.
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Originally Posted by Dishubathla View Post
Is reserve times different for e175 and q400? Does one aircraft sees more flying than the other? I am more interested in E175.
Currently I don't know, but with all the attrition I would bet the reserve will be very similar in both aircraft.
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Old 01-26-2022, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Dishubathla View Post
Is reserve times different for e175 and q400? Does one aircraft sees more flying than the other? I am more interested in E175.
Q400 driver here. Depends which base. I’ve been here 1 year and I finally have a line next month in SEA. BOI, PDX, GEG I would have had a line in January, MFR had a line last August.

Reserve flying is hit or miss, mostly miss. Averaging 20-30 hours a month.
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Old 01-26-2022, 07:04 PM
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Q400 driver here. Depends which base. I’ve been here 1 year and I finally have a line next month in SEA. BOI, PDX, GEG I would have had a line in January, MFR had a line last August.

Reserve flying is hit or miss, mostly miss. Averaging 20-30 hours a month.

It took you one year to hold a line?
I was looking for Seattle base
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Old 01-26-2022, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Dishubathla View Post
It took you one year to hold a line?
I was looking for Seattle base
11 months, technically. And I had to waive some contract stuff in PBS to get it. Two 7 day trips and a 2 day.

It also took me 9 months just to get awarded SEA in the first place, then sat airport reserve for 2 months. If you want SEA, fly the jet.
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11 months, technically. And I had to waive some contract stuff in PBS to get it. Two 7 day trips and a 2 day.

It also took me 9 months just to get awarded SEA in the first place, then sat airport reserve for 2 months. If you want SEA, fly the jet.
So for EJET the reserve will be shorter or it doesn’t matter?
11 months is a lot to be sitting on reserve. So on reserve all you get is minimum guarantee?
how much have you flown so far?
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Originally Posted by Dishubathla View Post
So for EJET the reserve will be shorter or it doesn’t matter?
11 months is a lot to be sitting on reserve. So on reserve all you get is minimum guarantee?
how much have you flown so far?
No idea about reserve time on the jet. It’s probably comparable, maybe someone else can fill in. The thing about the Q is it’ll take a while before you even get awarded SEA. So you’ll be commuting for a while if you live in Seattle.

I’ve flown 300 hours here. Reserve is 4 hours of credit per day unless you get assigned a lot of flying. So if you fly 5 hours on a reserve day you’ll get paid 5.

I’ll be honest, if you’re ambitious and wanting to build time ASAP, SEA based Q400 isn’t something I recommend.
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