Hows Reserve in ORD? One airplane better than the other>?

 

Its been a while (2007) but when I was at Eagle I did not find it too onerous.
I was on reserve for about 6 months, 3 in LGA, 3 in BOS (I live in HYA), then held a line. My commute to NY was never that hard. I was rarely hot reserve in LGA, but I was not the most junior (I was #3 from the bottom, the Junior guy was always hot reserve). I knew what CS was going to do to me, about 85% of the time. I could proffer for the open trips I wanted. I could move my RSV days around, and make many family functions. The crews were without exception excellent. Lots of upside.

Before Eagle I was at PSA, commuting to CLT, no idea what CS was going to do to me. (Couldn't see how many reserves were there, how many trips were uncovered, couldn't proffer for trips). 18 months reserve, with no apparent movement. Eagle was a much better place for me. A current coworker was at Eagle, moved to ExpressJet and found the conditions in IAH more to his liking.

In short, there are worse places to be(some much worse). But commuting to sit reserve is awful no matter where you work.

 

Could an Eagle pilot tell me if you guys have any type of long-call reserve at over there? A copy of the CBA would be very nice too I've got the job offer and weighing my options.

Brian

 

2hr callout only

 

That might be nice, but your paycheck sucks. With your pay rate I would guess you gross $36,000 with per diem. And that's before taxes. But your quality of life must be through the roof!

I'm on the EMB, 7-year pay, live in base, gone maybe 8 nights per month, pick up very little OT, and I am on track to make about $55,000 this year. Life can be better at Eagle. Just my 2 cents.

By the way, I commuted to reserve for a long time and I still had a decent quality of life. If you know the work rules, you can find ways to bend them in your favor.

Not everyone hates working for Eagle.

 

Great QOL, but broke...

 

Far greater variety of trips on the EMB. Also more flexibility if you want to base trade for what ever reason later, and you'll end up flying more. Of course the CRJ performs better and is a more fun plane to actually fly, but as far as I'm concerned when it comes down to QOL vs. airplane, QOL wins every time.

 

How are you crediting 112 hrs each month ($55000/12 mos at $41/hr) with little OT (max line value is 91)? Or are you counting per diem as pay? Even if so, with only 8 overnites each month the per diem would be worth about 10 hrs of flt pay, so where/how do you get the other 10+ credited with little OT?

Clearly I need a lesson. I'm on year 6, do about the same number of overnites but lately try to add 10-15 hrs OT and still am lucky to hit 90-95 most months (resulting in about 45k if I could do it consistently, which doesn't seem to happen). Next month's line is 2-day trips worth 75hrs. Doubt I'll get to 90 hrs with OT.

 

Bid into transition conflicts. I got 107 hours credit in February while only flying 78.

 

Anyone getting hired now will be furlough fodder if not furloughed by the end of next year.

Any junior folks left after that can kiss it good bye if we're bought.

And any one after that...well how bout that contract coming up.