I’ll bite. In my experience, there’s a schedule for everyone relatively soon after you’re here. I live in base and prefer day flying. I had afternoon out and backs after a little over half a year on property.

I’ve tried AMs and hated them. I could hold weekend layovers after 6ish months as well and they are a fun change of pace...I pretty much could hold the type of schedule I wanted to hold after 6-8 mos in on the 75. If you want specific trips (a particular layover/out and back)you need to stay on the 75 for over a year and you will be able to get a top 20 choice in a typical month (generally speaking). You sacrifice the WB $$$ but at FedEx, you get to choose $$$ vs QOL.

I believe we have the most options out there when it come to QOLvs$$$.

What aircraft are based in LAX and how long does it currently take to bid reserve there?

LAX reserve goes senior.
Junior pilot holding r24 in July is 75%. My guess is 4-5 years minimum.

LAX is MD-11 only.

Do folks that bid hub turns typically bid the same turn locations? I’m trying to figure out realistically how long it would take for me to be able to hold lines that would allow me to consistently “turn” at my home airport (Columbus and/or Dayton, OH) and what platform would best facilitate this. Obviously after QOL vice big paycheck based off of this question. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

This is a difficult question to answer. Some cities you may have to wait 20 years to “hold” it, some it may be months. Some lines have city purity and some don’t.

It simply boils down to this:
1) you only have to be junior once
2) almost everyone that I’ve ever talked with has found some niche that suits them just fine.

Get hired and something will work out. If you are shooting for a unicorn perfect schedule, that’s a huge unknown.

I believe the #1 757FO lives in DAY and flies that line quite regularly. However, there are one or two more DAY lines as well that tend to trickle down to ~50% I'd guess.

Not sure about C'bus.

Where are y'all coming from??
I said I didn't like one particular type of schedule, and that FedEx is known for having tons of options. That one comment leads to all of this??

I've been applying to FedEx for six years. I know the schedules. I know many pilots there. I don't like 40 minute flights to IND. Jesus.

I sure hope this isn't how you treat your FO's for asking a question or having an opinion.

Jumpseat and ask.

Dude...you're the one who said,"I don’t like THAT schedule. Is that all FedEx has? I don’t want to spend my career doing 40 minute flights to IND and back. That sounds awful, so I shouldn’t go to FedEx??"

Apparently you were being sarcastic, but the way that it read was that you are uninformed. Obviously it did not come across as you intended.