Burton78

This right here! And this is the primary reason so many bypass upgrade until they can hold a line in their preferred domicile. The flexibility when holding a line vs reserve is paramount at this airline.

4V14T0R

I dunno, after a couple months of having a blank, I went back to reserve. Blanks were as many days of work and a much higher block liability in execution which limited my ability to pick up. Maybe a hard line is better.


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Jetflyin

Roughly how long to hold a line PHX? Just curious, I plan on being on reserves for several months

usernamehere

Kind of a hard question with a lot of what ifs. Do they go to 10% again? Or does it stay at 15% or go back to 20%. PHX is mostly a live-in base so some people may bid reserve over some of the hard lines. Is it a holiday month? If so some people will bid reserve to get the holiday off. If they hire like they’re saying, probably a couple months to not get awarded a reserve line. To be 45 ish from the bottom, (about 15%) probably several months. I’d imagine someone that knows how to look at hire dates could figure out how long to be 45 from bottom.

Cyio

Hopefully your class date is after October

waterskisabersw

a good example of one man's trash. I like bidding reserve, and I'm around your seniority. The reroute algorithms they use target reserves first, in my experience, so if you don't mind being available for 15 (aka you're a fly your line and pick up one pairing a month), it's a great way to get more pay for the same days that you would be picking up a premium 3 day, but with a little bit more predictable schedule.

And the statement of your trips on reserve being better than trips on lines is totally true. They're generally broken, which equals longer overnights, and involve tons of reroutes, but that's pretty common for everybody these days. And as a bonus, even with 80% utilization, you almost always get a day or two paid to sit at home.

Like I said, one man's trash. Caveat, of course, is if you don't have a consistent home schedule. I'm ok working set days of the week. And of course, our reserve rules need work, but in specific scenarios, it's not misery. -from a top 10% FO.

Palmtree Pilot

It was awarded to new hires in training on the SEP and OCT vacancy bids. Was not available to NHers on the NOV bid and they were awarded BWI(4) and the rest split between LAX and OAK.

MagicGoose

Just looking to know how long it takes to hold DEN or DAL. What s the average cost of parking? Thanks!

flyguy81

DEN right out of training or 1-3 mos…depends where you are in class and vacancies. Landside/Airside parking is $36/mo. If you want covered at Park DIA or Fine it’s like $140/mo

KelvinHelmholtz

DEN should be pretty soon out of training if it keeps growing. DAL will probably take a few more months but you should be able to get anything soon with the amount of hiring happening, even ATL.