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Originally Posted by snippercr (Post 1456236)

Oh, and oicur12... if there has been ANY advice I have given you, it would be this: Ignore this individual, RJ Pilot. I am sure most would agree that is just as important as living in base.

Agreed, don't listen to this joker. He lives a sad life full of negativity and sorrow. I've flown for Eagle for over two years. Just like everything it has its good days and bad days. But overall, I'm very happy here. I'm DFW based and on RSV. I held a line for 8 months before the ATR's in DFW were parked and LAX closed, thus bumping me back to RSV. Holding a line was great and I could make more money, but RSV isn't too bad either under the new rules we operate under now. Being senior on the rsv list, I flew 8 days last month. Living in base this is great. I've heard of guys on RSV in NY go for a couple of months without being called in for flying.

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Originally Posted by bigtime209 (Post 1456572)

I was on reserve for 2 years as well. I can assure you, you're luck has more to do with staffing than the system you operate. Although...I have not been on reserve under the new rules. I am skeptical. A captains perspective on this would be appreciated.

Living in base is HUGE. Always remember, that can and does change.

Is reserve callout in NY still 3 hrs ? Right now is NY open on the CRJ and ERJ ?

Thanks for any info

Thanks all very much for the info. sounds like the reserve rules are rather complex.

I forgot to ask.

I notice that AE do not list a college degree as a requirement or preference but carriers such as Skywest state "Graduation from accredited, four-year college preferred."

How "preferred" is this? I started airline flying in Australia where time spent in college was time not spent logging hours. The airlines were very focused on the hours versus age nonsense back then.

Is it possible to join without a degree?

regards

A Uni degree isn't essential at the regionals, but the mainline US carriers will be unlikely to hire someone without one.

GF

Galaxy,

Thought this to be the case.

Do new carriers like Virgin, Spirit and Jblue require or prefer college?

I think they all say "college degree preferred"; the truth is the pool of applicants (HR term for pilots) is deep with ATP, 4-year degree, some TPIC time that having those is nearly mandatory. Whether that will remain so is an open question, but hiring without them has always been, and likely will be in the future, chancy.

GF