PHL FO Schedule
03-21-2024, 08:34 AM
#11
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Joined APC: Mar 2023
Posts: 1
Originally Posted by Tileguy2023
PHL FO right now. We have 106 bidding, 82 lines in April.
Expect almost all lines to be 4 days on (3 nights away), 3 days off. For 12-13 days off per month. Some lines will have a 3-day, followed by a 2-day. You won't see more than 14 days off basically ever.
Seniority only lets you pick where the work days fall on your calendar. Very little, if any, "sweet schedule for the senior people" here.
Expect almost all lines to be 4 days on (3 nights away), 3 days off. For 12-13 days off per month. Some lines will have a 3-day, followed by a 2-day. You won't see more than 14 days off basically ever.
Seniority only lets you pick where the work days fall on your calendar. Very little, if any, "sweet schedule for the senior people" here.
03-22-2024, 03:13 PM
#12
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Joined APC: Jan 2024
Posts: 7
Originally Posted by Tileguy2023
PHL FO right now. We have 106 bidding, 82 lines in April.
Expect almost all lines to be 4 days on (3 nights away), 3 days off. For 12-13 days off per month. Some lines will have a 3-day, followed by a 2-day. You won't see more than 14 days off basically ever.
Seniority only lets you pick where the work days fall on your calendar. Very little, if any, "sweet schedule for the senior people" here.
Expect almost all lines to be 4 days on (3 nights away), 3 days off. For 12-13 days off per month. Some lines will have a 3-day, followed by a 2-day. You won't see more than 14 days off basically ever.
Seniority only lets you pick where the work days fall on your calendar. Very little, if any, "sweet schedule for the senior people" here.
03-26-2024, 10:51 AM
#13
Line Holder
Joined APC: Oct 2023
Posts: 36
Originally Posted by LFGM22
How many days off can you get if you trip touch? I'm coming from the 91/135 world so I also have no clue what trip touching is. Is that basically working back to back trips to get more days off inbetween?
03-26-2024, 10:52 AM
#14
Line Holder
Joined APC: Oct 2023
Posts: 36
Originally Posted by cryinginahotel
Great reply. Here's another question. Are you enjoying it for the most part? 12-13 days off a month seems pretty reasonable. What time do you usually start day 1 and end day 4?
other trips will start around the same time each day
you will be able to look for early starts or late starts but even within the course of a month, one trip may be early starts, another trip can be late starts.
04-05-2024, 05:38 AM
#15
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2023
Posts: 208
What does a junior FO reserve schedule look like? Is it still bid as a line, but just without actual trips?
Example:
Day 1: OFF
Day 2: RSRV
Day 3: RSRV
Day 4: RSRV
Day 5: RSRV
Day 6: OFF
Day 7: OFF
etc....
Or something different? If i'm not called up on days 1-4, would I then be given opportuntiy to pick up trips on my days off? If so how would that affect my future RSRV days on the schedule?
Once holding a line, I read up thread that weekends will be common for junior. That's actually what i prefer. A 4 day trip running Thur-Sun or Fri-Mon would be perfect (in my world). Even better would be early starts on all 4 days. If we're at outstations each night, and those have 5-6am departures the next morning back to CLT/PHL, I'd expect wer'e done flying those days by dinner time to give ample time for rest to return to airport ~4am. I'm a long time business traveler and always enjoyed the early flights mainly because they're the least likely to be delayed.
Example:
Day 1: OFF
Day 2: RSRV
Day 3: RSRV
Day 4: RSRV
Day 5: RSRV
Day 6: OFF
Day 7: OFF
etc....
Or something different? If i'm not called up on days 1-4, would I then be given opportuntiy to pick up trips on my days off? If so how would that affect my future RSRV days on the schedule?
Once holding a line, I read up thread that weekends will be common for junior. That's actually what i prefer. A 4 day trip running Thur-Sun or Fri-Mon would be perfect (in my world). Even better would be early starts on all 4 days. If we're at outstations each night, and those have 5-6am departures the next morning back to CLT/PHL, I'd expect wer'e done flying those days by dinner time to give ample time for rest to return to airport ~4am. I'm a long time business traveler and always enjoyed the early flights mainly because they're the least likely to be delayed.
04-16-2024, 09:28 AM
#16
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Joined APC: May 2022
Posts: 2
Originally Posted by Njflyguy
What does a junior FO reserve schedule look like? Is it still bid as a line, but just without actual trips?
Example:
Day 1: OFF
Day 2: RSRV
Day 3: RSRV
Day 4: RSRV
Day 5: RSRV
Day 6: OFF
Day 7: OFF
etc....
Or something different? If i'm not called up on days 1-4, would I then be given opportuntiy to pick up trips on my days off? If so how would that affect my future RSRV days on the schedule?
Once holding a line, I read up thread that weekends will be common for junior. That's actually what i prefer. A 4 day trip running Thur-Sun or Fri-Mon would be perfect (in my world). Even better would be early starts on all 4 days. If we're at outstations each night, and those have 5-6am departures the next morning back to CLT/PHL, I'd expect wer'e done flying those days by dinner time to give ample time for rest to return to airport ~4am. I'm a long time business traveler and always enjoyed the early flights mainly because they're the least likely to be delayed.
Example:
Day 1: OFF
Day 2: RSRV
Day 3: RSRV
Day 4: RSRV
Day 5: RSRV
Day 6: OFF
Day 7: OFF
etc....
Or something different? If i'm not called up on days 1-4, would I then be given opportuntiy to pick up trips on my days off? If so how would that affect my future RSRV days on the schedule?
Once holding a line, I read up thread that weekends will be common for junior. That's actually what i prefer. A 4 day trip running Thur-Sun or Fri-Mon would be perfect (in my world). Even better would be early starts on all 4 days. If we're at outstations each night, and those have 5-6am departures the next morning back to CLT/PHL, I'd expect wer'e done flying those days by dinner time to give ample time for rest to return to airport ~4am. I'm a long time business traveler and always enjoyed the early flights mainly because they're the least likely to be delayed.
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