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01-25-2015, 06:37 AM
#3371
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 473
Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand
Reserve tends to go senior in the southern bases. Not uncommon in mco for the plug to get a line in the trough months. However as bases get larger reserves tend to work more in my observation. Ymmv
01-25-2015, 10:07 AM
#3373
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 473
Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand
I thinks it a numbers game. Bigger base, more sick calls, oops, timed out, ect. No science, just my s.w.a.g.
I am just trying to understand how that works.
01-25-2015, 10:17 AM
#3374
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2008
Position: Left,Right, Left, Right,Right,Left, Right, Left
Posts: 3,150
I dunno man. I think your exposure here is based more on if you RSV over a weekend or not and if your early or late for the red eye shift.
Personally I live in base and hold weekends off. I fly less than a guy who's starting on Thursday and gets the late shift Friday and Saturdays. Less folks seem to fall ill monday-Thursday.
the ratio isn't exactly the same either from large base to small or from month to month. March and Aprils line holder can be June and Julys RSV....
Sorry that's probably not a lot of help. But it literally changes as the wind blows.
Personally I live in base and hold weekends off. I fly less than a guy who's starting on Thursday and gets the late shift Friday and Saturdays. Less folks seem to fall ill monday-Thursday.
the ratio isn't exactly the same either from large base to small or from month to month. March and Aprils line holder can be June and Julys RSV....
Sorry that's probably not a lot of help. But it literally changes as the wind blows.
01-25-2015, 10:34 AM
#3375
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,206
Originally Posted by NoSidNoStar
Quote:
Originally Posted by texpilot
All I can comment on is my own experience, but RSV here is pretty damn good. I'm a FLL based guy and bid RSV. I average about 3 days actually flying a month with plenty of Long Call and 1 or 2 days getting released for my last day (finding out at noon the day before your last day that they're giving you the last day off due to plenty of coverage).
My gf is JFK 190 and works 1-2 days a month. She actually dequalified and had to go into the sim two months ago. One week she was on for 4 days, she received 3 days of Long Call and was Released her last day so never even had to go to JFK for 4 days of RSV.
I realize everyone's experiences are different, and not all bases or aircraft are the same. But this is my experience and perspective.
Fantastic. Can I ask you how senior are you to have such a good reserve treatment?
Originally Posted by texpilot
All I can comment on is my own experience, but RSV here is pretty damn good. I'm a FLL based guy and bid RSV. I average about 3 days actually flying a month with plenty of Long Call and 1 or 2 days getting released for my last day (finding out at noon the day before your last day that they're giving you the last day off due to plenty of coverage).
My gf is JFK 190 and works 1-2 days a month. She actually dequalified and had to go into the sim two months ago. One week she was on for 4 days, she received 3 days of Long Call and was Released her last day so never even had to go to JFK for 4 days of RSV.
I realize everyone's experiences are different, and not all bases or aircraft are the same. But this is my experience and perspective.
Fantastic. Can I ask you how senior are you to have such a good reserve treatment?
01-25-2015, 12:10 PM
#3376
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 82
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I flew 50 hours in 6 months on reserve on the E190 in Boston, only 3 hours in the super slow month of August and 0 in September. I think flying little is primarily based on holding weekends and holidays off though FLL and MCO tend to fly less off reserve overall.
01-25-2015, 12:35 PM
#3377
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Posts: 102
Originally Posted by aldonite7667
This will not be your experience in the left seat. You work on RSV
This could suggest a dire need to increase the upgrade rate. My last 121, new captains sat Rsv doing nothing for an uncomfortably long time.
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01-25-2015, 03:57 PM
#3378
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 473
Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand
I dunno man. I think your exposure here is based more on if you RSV over a weekend or not and if your early or late for the red eye shift.
Personally I live in base and hold weekends off. I fly less than a guy who's starting on Thursday and gets the late shift Friday and Saturdays. Less folks seem to fall ill monday-Thursday.
the ratio isn't exactly the same either from large base to small or from month to month. March and Aprils line holder can be June and Julys RSV....
Sorry that's probably not a lot of help. But it literally changes as the wind blows.
Personally I live in base and hold weekends off. I fly less than a guy who's starting on Thursday and gets the late shift Friday and Saturdays. Less folks seem to fall ill monday-Thursday.
the ratio isn't exactly the same either from large base to small or from month to month. March and Aprils line holder can be June and Julys RSV....
Sorry that's probably not a lot of help. But it literally changes as the wind blows.
01-25-2015, 05:39 PM
#3379
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Posts: 111
I've been here for a little less than two years. It took me a year to get to FLL, It seems to be shorter now.
In my initial bid, the only thing I bid is "RSV" and "weekends off", takes all of 15 seconds. I NEVER get more than two weekend off, but in the initial swap window I'm able to move my days around to get every weekend off. As someone said earlier, this is the secret. I work RSV Mon-Thurs or Tues-Fri each week to avoid the weekends as this is where guys seem to work more.
Tom
In my initial bid, the only thing I bid is "RSV" and "weekends off", takes all of 15 seconds. I NEVER get more than two weekend off, but in the initial swap window I'm able to move my days around to get every weekend off. As someone said earlier, this is the secret. I work RSV Mon-Thurs or Tues-Fri each week to avoid the weekends as this is where guys seem to work more.
Tom
01-25-2015, 06:39 PM
#3380
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,879
Originally Posted by blueballs
Deferments aren't for a couple more years. I was just at OSC and the classes are smaller because of the large amount of transition training. They very much intend to hire 300-400 depending on attrition. Good luck to anyone waiting to hear. The class that started this week was filled with 9/17 interviews
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