That's impossible to predict. I was hired onto the brasilia when I lived in an RJ domicile. People were telling me to just take it because I'd get my transition in 8-10 months and never sit reserve. The class that was hired 1 month before me never sat reserve at all. I was on reserve for a year, and the class one month junior to me never got off reserve for the whole 1.5 years it took to transition (not 8-10 months). Had I taken a jet class instead of a Brasilia class I would have lived in base the whole time and sat reserve less.

I don't think there's any period of time where you can predict how long you'll sit reserve since I was being told less than 1 month before my class date that I would never sit reserve.

 

What's the average time currently spent on reserve in ORD on the CRJ?

 

I'm currently locked in a contract at a 135 cargo gig and would really like to apply and interview soon to get my foot in the door. Do you think I should apply and let recruiting know I'm stuck for six months or just wait and apply later?

 

Depends. The last class I have a list for was divided pretty evenly between ORD and MSP, it looks like. This summer, no one sat reserve in Chicago, everyone got a line. November has 27 reserve lines, so probably most of the last class to finish IOE plus a few people who've been here a few months. That number will fluctuate through the holidays and into the new year, where traditionally the flying reduces and more people are put on reserve. But at our current pace of hiring, it probably would only be a matter of a few months to be off reserve. In ORD.

 

I've been here almost 4 years, and I've never experienced a 4 day like that. You are such a whiner, it really is incredible. I give it two years, tops, before you have a stroke and lose your medical.

 

6/2/14 hires are holding line in COS this month and reserve in DEN next month. Not sure I would move the family to MSP. I was only there for a month before transferring west.

 

cool story bro.

 

Gotta go, thanks for all the input guys. Even you CCB! Laterz

 

Wow,
4 whole years, checked the FAT schedules lately? Ya know EH I have read your posts here and on F/I and on the S-Forums as well, not impressed. This is an endurance run, you need people to come in under you, so you can upgrade, but guess what, the same thing that happened to you at your other airline will happen here too, your brass ring is always out of your reach and you will make another decisions to jump ship to a fast upgrade/street captain slot, but the sad truth is the fast street captain will indeed be there but you will be on reserve and every F/O that upgrades after you get there is senior to you and will push you towards the bottom of the list, again.
Sorry, you are where you are, because of your decisions. I have no dog in the hunt, and stand to gain nothing if he comes to SKYW. So take a chill pill, and look at any CRJ/ERJ domicile for next month, there are many of the stated trips available for anyone not senior enough to avoid them....

 

Well Mr. E.M., you have guessed wrong. You don't know me, and obviously you don't know my background. SKW is my first airline, and I've already turned down several offers to stay here. I do want to move on, but only for a Legacy at this point. I actually like it here, including my schedule and the people I fly with.

I really am sorry you're having so many issues, but almost anybody can see your constant negativity is very unhealthy. I hope you are able to make a change before it destroys you or the people in your life.