Sorry for the possibly stupid question...but I am currently on the 91K/135 side and looking to possibly make the switch over to 121. How does reserve work exactly? Are you reserve everyday? Any day they tell you you're going to be reserve? Or do you have a "schedule" and only sit reserve on those days and have hard days off? I'd be commuting from BOS so the schedule and QOL are my biggest concerns.

You get a schedule for the entire month on the 20th of the previous month. You bid through an electronic system and you're awarded a schedule based on seniority.

Our current contract gives us 11 hard days off on reserve. You can bid for whatever frequency works with you. I volunteer to do 6 days in a row so I can get more consecutive days off. My typical schedule is 5/6 on followed by 3/4 off.

Line holders tend to get at least 13 days off while the average is around 15.

You can drop reserve days if they have a surplus of available reserves for a day. So far I've managed to drop 2 days in January. The downside is you give up your minimum guarantee. So instead of 75 hours for January I'm guaranteed for 67 hours with 2 days removed.

And days off are days off. They can't mess with you on your days off.

thanks! is there a typical show time for day 1/ending time for the last day?

It depends on your reserve period

P1 contactability is roughly 0500-1900
P2 is 1000 to 2400
P3 is from 1900-2400 (to fly split duty pairings, ie last flight out of the night, first flight back in the AM)

With reserve the start of your contact ability period is predictable, but the finish can be unpredictable

I forgot to attach a resume to airlineapps addendum part, and I only created a single app so I can not go back and edit it. Should I create a entire new app or am I good?

I think you should be ok, you've already put the crucial info in the main app. If you need to, get in touch with the recruitment team and they can pull up your app and review it and take care in any missing information. Don't know their work schedule with Christmas, but they are quite prompt when in office.

Good luck!

Thanks!

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You should be able to go back and update any part of your app. You can also pay the $65 and apply to multiple companies at once.

Talking to DTW 200 FOs, August newhires are close to, if not holding a line. MSP would be similar it seems.

I'll just put a blunt statement out there.

I have seen current day "endeavor" over the last decade. Through mergers, leading contract, bankruptcy, bad contract, chopping block, street captains, decade upgrades. Right now, things are good and designed to be even better. In taking a "birds eye" view, if I was wanting to get into the 121 business for a career in the airlines, it would be an easy decision for endeavor. My ticket out is punched and working with new hires in the sims, but when I hear the logic of the new hires, I can't help but agree with them.

The airline business is only consistent in 1 metric, things work up, then fall apart, just to be rebuilt. Based on who owns us, what is here, what is available, and a long term viewpoint, endeavor wins. Plus, they pay the most.

Call it opinion, but run the numbers. Upgrades are happening quickly, more planes arriving, folks are leaving to DL, and new hires are given a path to DL. That's where the industry is going, although some are slow on the uptake. Others understand it, but are in contracts that are cost prohibitive to attract talent. DL owns endeavor and is paying to play for seamless operation from a regional to DL mainline.

DL wants us to hire 60/mo, and are paying so, with movement as the new bonus. Upgrade will be under 3 years, 2ish years if you are willing to go anywhere for upgrade. 6 months ago, I was a downgraded 900 FO by seniority. Now I'd be a 900 line holder of I was bidding. Working in training is a different, yet a fun and challenging, animal.

It should be a simple decision, yet folks want to use the idea of "what if" instead of "this is happening". Take what is going on at face value, look at where you want to go, and look at what is available. It's not a sales pitch, just run the Numbers.