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10-04-2015, 10:12 AM
#5781
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Originally Posted by StarHustler
As a Line holder or reserve? I thought FLL was possible after about 6 months seniority if you can do it reserve?
10-04-2015, 10:21 AM
#5782
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Originally Posted by Std Deviation
As in just getting there at all. I've tried last three system bids and could not hold it. I noticed some pretty senior people transferred over. So it will be over a year for me and still have not gotten it. If memory serves this last go around we had 6 FO slots available in FLL. Currently a JFK FO.
Hmmmm, thanks for the information. That is very disappointing to hear.
10-04-2015, 10:26 AM
#5783
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Originally Posted by StarHustler
Hmmmm, thanks for the information. That is very disappointing to hear.
10-04-2015, 10:31 AM
#5784
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Originally Posted by Std Deviation
Always a bridesmaid never a bride. Thought for sure I'd get it on this one. Then I scanned up the list...way up the list...to see to whom the slots went. Never know what people are going to bid for. I know there's two guys in my class and two in the class before us that still want FLL.
10-04-2015, 10:36 AM
#5785
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Originally Posted by Std Deviation
I asked for day in the life after a couple months on the line - said I never got it when I arrived in JFK. Never used PBS before. Chief Pilot removed me from schedule with pay and I commuted to MCO and back in the same day for the 4 hour course (held in the Lodge). If you've never used PBS it holds some value. The scheduling guys explained the system logic in depth.
10-04-2015, 10:40 AM
#5786
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Originally Posted by NoDeskJob
That is the life (from what I hear). Sit on reserve on your boat or golf course...fly occasionally.
10-04-2015, 11:38 AM
#5787
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Originally Posted by Std Deviation
And give up 20 days a month sitting reserve in a crashpad in South Ozone eating Mike's Deli, Pizza Port, or Don Pepe's - cash only you don't see nothin' ? Give up the constant smell of curry? The rumble of the top bunk when JFK is landing 13L? The bag drag through 3 inches of slush over a highway overpass from Lefferts? The mariachi music until 3am? The work release workout partners at Richie's gym? I can't imagine why anyone would want reserve in FL?
10-04-2015, 11:51 AM
#5789
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Originally Posted by NoDeskJob
Don't forget about sweet East Boston (aka Little Columbia). A few feet of snow, English is the 2nd language, and of course the sweet crash pad where it is considered clean as long as there are no rodents.
10-04-2015, 01:07 PM
#5790
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Originally Posted by Std Deviation
And give up 20 days a month sitting reserve in a crashpad in South Ozone eating Mike's Deli, Pizza Port, or Don Pepe's - cash only you don't see nothin' ? Give up the constant smell of curry? The rumble of the top bunk when JFK is landing 13L? The bag drag through 3 inches of slush over a highway overpass from Lefferts? The mariachi music until 3am? The work release workout partners at Richie's gym? I can't imagine why anyone would want reserve in FL?
LOL, this is probably the most comprehensive and succinct post on reserve crashing in JFK that I have read yet. Thanks, it's always nice to know what the future holds. ;-)
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