12 days off for 30 day months and 13 for 31 day months. Blocks of 6 on

It might go without saying but you can bid reserve so that you don’t have a 6 day block. You also get minimums 4 days off between work blocks. That can be waived too.

12 on a 30 day month
13 on a 31 day month

must have at least 4 rsv days together execept first and last day or the month. Max of six

First and last week not day

Can you 'green drop' a block of reserve days, like trips?

No you cannot.

Hah, I figured that would be the case.

It's well within the 'zone of reasonableness'.

I’m very excited to have a class date coming up later this summer. I’ll be commuting from a centrally located East coast city. I’m aware of the junior bases, but does anyone have suggestions for a commuter wanting the quickest path to a line?

Thanks in advance

MCO or FLL

certainly not MCO right now. I’d say DTW or FLL.

What city? Weird you put it that way...

Just trying to stay anonymous.

saying “I live in Charlotte” doesn’t exactly make your SSN visible to people….

what about “I live in Dellview, NC”

congrats. I own your house now.

Definitely disagree with MCO. You'll get a line fastest in FLL, followed by DTW. ORD new hires are holding lines faster than MCO new hires at the moment.

I understand that generally reserve blocks are of 6 days… but can anyone tell how much do you really typically work in those 6 days? Is it common to get a trip assigned on the first day that ends on the sixth day? How often do you get called in to work when on reserve? If based on FLL

As a reserve FO you’ll be used almost every single day on reserve. Rarely have I gotten more than 13 days off/mo. While it may not be a full 6 day trip, it could be two 3 day trips, and so on.

The trip mix got changed from mostly 4 days to a lot of 1/2/3/4 day trips. You’re bucketed with other reserves based on days left. If you have 6 days left and there are other available reserves with less days available, you’re less likely to get used. With that said, we’re short handed, so it isn’t common for the benches to get cleared everyday.

This hasn’t been my experience at all. I’ve consistently gotten 4 or more days that I wasn’t called in on a RAP, that’s been every month I’ve been here starting in February. One month I had 6 days off extra. Add in double dead head trips that happen often on reserve and I get more days at home. Also, I’ve broken guarantee each month, some by a good margin.

How long would reserve be in one of the junior bases like FLL or MCO? Looking through the bid packets and awards, it would seem like you could be a lineholder in as little as two months.

I've seen comments saying that our FOs are on reserve for years

If you prefer shorter trips, I think someone has mentioned that you can bid reserve blocks of 4 days instead of reserve blocks of 6 days… did I understand that correctly? Is it possible to basically have 4 ON, 3 OFF, 4 ON, 3 OFF kind of schedule while on reserve?

Yes you can always waive the 4 day guarantee off.

Junior line holder in MCO is a summer 2021 hire.

Right now realistically FLL is about 6-7 months until you can get a line, MCO is a bit longer somewhere near 9-10 months

No….. filler

FLL reserves are some of the busiest in the system as they have to cover two airports (technically three with the close proximity of MCO) and the company has plentiful options for DHDing crews into position all throughout the system. Couple with that our FO attrition problem and you'll probably get used every single working day.

To answer your other question, yes you can bid blocks of 4 reserve days and you'll have 2-3 days off between them.

I thought LAS was fairly junior. Is that not true? What’s the reserve time for it?

It’s junior only in theory. We get a lot of training assignments but once done with OE they start bailing out. It seems to be getting better, slightly, but you are still looking at a year to hold a line.

yes…… filler

I stand corrected. You’re saying a brand new FO will be awarded a 4 on 3 off reserve schedule with no blocks of 6 days on? Damn, maybe I’ll start bidding reserve again.

Quick question: can we pick up from the tradeboard on reserve?

No. you can trade with people on the same RAP, though.

Trade entire reserve days? Or like swap reserve trips after they get assigned?

Just swap reserve days. Let’s say your rap starts at 3am. If you can find someone to trade with you, they have to be on the 3am rap as well. Basically don’t plan on any schedule flexibility on reserve.

If you're swapping whole blocks they don't have to be the same R period at all.i can swap my r3 block for your R10.

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I never had an issue doing so. I can detect your sarcasm but it’s not hard for a fairly junior FO to waive down and hold a 4-3-4-3 schedule. It’s all I ever bud when I was on reserve.

The problem which always remains, is that yes, you can build your schedule by waiving off days and requesting days off. However this will in turn make it unpredictable as to which R period you’ll end up with. You can bid RAPs or days off. Usually not both.

You cannot bid R period.

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