Hes probably talking about in terms of people thinking they can bid reserve and get the month off. Gravy train is over!

 

What is RSV length in the junior base running now that hiring is picking up?

 

I’d be surprised if the new hires have even hit the line yet…

 

Too early to tell, but historically the further West the base the more senior (With DFW edging out LAS).

 

The first new hire class is currently doing IOE

 

if you bid the wrong rap and are junior probably going to get used. KNOW YOUR CONTRACT and be polite on the phone even when they’re wrong. Bid the right rap and the right days and be senior probably won’t get used much per usual.

 

If I can break guarantee I’m all for it, hell anyone want to forward their scheduling calls to my phone that’ll be swell. Gimmie gimmie gimmie.

 

Right RAP makes sense, but what are the right days once you've dodged a holiday?

 

We are a leisure airline. When do most leisure passengers fly and when do most sick calls happen.


Again, by the time people can hold the good RAPs on the correct days of the week and month they are usually well into being a line holder. Commuters obviously aren’t going to stay on rsv understandably. Even when people know the name of the game is seniority in this industry they shuffle around to stay junior.

junior rsv to junior line holder, then go to a more senior airplane to be junior all over again (not at spirit obviously).

Get senior on something and stay senior is the game. I’d wager in base rsv at most airlines outside the regionals and southwest is better than “most” lines “most” months. Now if you can hold 7-8hr turns only 9 days a month it’s a different story.

You do have less flexibility on rsv than a line holder under our current contract but again if you’re senior you’re getting pretty much what you want so the need to be flexible is less so. Instead folks go bid mid pack line holder for flexibility they didn’t really need and then spend the entire month trying to trade away trash.

I don’t know maybe I just grinded so hard as a line holder and a commuter for so many years I just really don’t want to be at work that much anymore. Especially with covid, and the masks, and the fights, and the van rides, and the constant risks to your certificate, it’s all very exhausting. Or maybe I’m just trying to get more people to bid rsv to get a better line.

 

How many days off are you guaranteed per month on reserve and how many days are in a typical reserve block?