Average reserve times?
 

Anyone know what the average reserve times are at the regionals? Comair's page is saying up to 14 monthes and Xjet is saying 12 monthes??? anyone have any ideas?

For Comair I'd say its about a year or so right now to hold a line in CVG. In JFK it used to be around 2-4 months maybe before holding a line, but it seems like reserve time is on the increase in JFK as well.

Technically, I was on reserve at SkyWest for one month, but there wasn't one day I didn't fly, and usually I had four day trips assigned well ahead of time. So it was good in that I didn't have to be on reserve really, and that I easily broke guarantee. However, it was bad in that I only got the reserve guarantee for days off (10), and had to be gone and work a lot.

My reserve awhile back was 3 months after IEO at ASA... They closed SLC and I had a few more months of Reserve. Our reserve now is two months I believe.

1-2 months at TSA for FO's

So how many days do you get off now that your Reserve time is over?

1 month or less(if you are the old guy in class) at PHL for Republic.

Second bid here at TSA and I have a line.

Feels like a lot longer than that since you started. I have no concept of time anymore.
In other TSA training news, people junior to what I was are now in upgrade training.

Reserve time for XJT here at EWR is up to about 5-6 months, by my estimation. From what I hear, IAH is longer. CLE? could be over a year. The west coast stuff is shorter from what I gather. The thing is, being on reserve here is not at all that bad. Our reserve work rules are quite good, allowing you for example to fly a lot (if you commute lets say) or fly hardly at all (if you live in base like me). Unfortunately, it seems that reserve times in EWR are about to get a whole lot longer. This is due to CAL shifting flying to CLE, and the fact that the dreaded Q400s are due to eventually arrive. My advice? I certainly wouldn't base my choice of employer on reserve time. Go with the company that has a base where you live/want to live. I can tell you from experience that being on RSV while at home sleeping in your own bed is 1000% better than commuting and sitting in some grungy crash pad... even if it is for a while longer.

What do you mean dreaded?

I have a feeling this is an anomaly, but I got 18 days off this month. It took a couple of swaps to make that happen though.

What about 9E? Reserve times versus domiciles?

Horizon is over a year for the RJ and roughly a year for the Q400. Now they they are loosing some people to other regionals they are starting the hire in the Q200 again for new hire. I would personally avoid Horizon unless you want to live here and dont mind a 6 year upgrade.

2-3 months at Great Lakes

Probably the fact that they are becoming famous for malfunctioning/collapsing gear problems.

I spent one month on reserve at CHQ (145) in May where I didn't have a choice. I sat 2 more months of reserve that were self-inflicted so I could have weekends off. On my one month of required reserve, I never got called out. All of my assignments were notified in advance. In 3 months overall, I was only called to hurry to the airport once.

ProPilot, are you at 9E now? Or looking to go?

PSA 1-2 months depending on base.

I did two months on reserve out of LGA with CHQ. The first month was some flying but not much. Last month was filled with 4 and 5 day trips which got me above minimum gurantee. This month I have a line out of CMH. Most guys in my class that arent in LGA or STL are holding lines. The ones in STL and LGA have a bit of time still to go but are flying frequently.

At comair, I was on reserve for a a month and a half (that was in march). now I have anywhere from 13-15 days off a month (in JFK)

at ASA on the 200 its about 1-2 months if that

Dreaded because they are taking flying from ExpressJet. Dreaded because they're going to foul up gate operations at Newark. Oh yeah, and their gear won't stay down.