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Originally Posted by CaptTX
Hi all!
I've got an interview with Atlas coming next month and I was wondering for a new hire, how long the period is sitting reserve.
Im pretty junior at my regional and it seems they have hired so many FOs that we are all sitting around waiting on reserve, and with the codeshares starting to slim down a bit of our flying and limited captains I have a feeling I'll be stuck on reserve for a while. (I don't live in any of the bases).
Any insight would be great! I think the 737 is still pretty light on the flying compared to wide body fleets from what I have been told.
For the most part “Reserve” at Atlas means you do not have a proposed schedule to fly for the month. Most likely, you will have flying assigned to you before you even leave home. Very rarely do fleets have extra pilots sitting in base just waiting to cover trips. Scheduling would love to have that, but we do not have enough pilots. Many times line holders have modifications to their bid lines and by the end of the month their actual flying barely resembles what they thought they were going to fly. Sometimes a reserve line will result in a better pattern and pay vs a regular line.