Eagle Q's
 

Few questions for the Eagle crowd.

How easy of a commute would DCA-LGA be? are there enough commutable lines for a junior FO? how long to expect for reserve?

Do you guys have duty or trip rigs like Wisky does?

Thanks

SK

Commutes from DCA to Boston and LaGuardia are a piece of cake. you could use Eagle... but US Air also has express flights that leave every hour! Comair has a good handful of flights too. One of the easiest commutes are far as commutes go.

Last I heard, the Laguardia reserve for new hires is about 8 months. Reserve at Boston is shorter than LGA... around 5-6 months from date of hire. So expect about 3 to 4 months on reserve at Boston once out of training.

The good news is Boston has had a lot of new hires in the last 2 or 3 months (around 20 at Boston alone) so reserve times should continue to drop.

Chicago is really short on pilots apparently, I heard guys are getting lines after a month on reserve in Chicago. Commuting to Chicago though from DCA wont be as easy as BOS and LGA.

Hope this helps.

NO duty or trip rigs.

High Time Composite Lines in LGA at 4-5 months

Thanks for the responses guys.

So am I correct in understanding that once out of reserve it should not be difficult getting commutable lines in either LGA or BOS?

What are "composite lines" ?

SK

A little bit of Reserve and a little bit of a month's Line...all in one! And If it's a "high-time" Composite like Aviatrix is talking about, it's probably more Line than Reserve.