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#241
Line Holder
Joined APC: Nov 2019
Posts: 27
Not sure I understand your second question, but how long you spend on reserve as a captain is a function of how long you wait to upgrade. If you take first available upgrade as the bottom captain, it's going to be a while as the movement on the captain list is slow. If you wait it out and let people upgrade behind you and upgrade later, you can theoretically avoid CA reserve completely. Just depends on where you are on the seniority list.
#242
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: 737 FO/Capt/FO
Posts: 427
While the CA rate is higher, you're on reserve making 70 hours with no ability to pick up. A mid to upper level FO lineholder can easily bring in 110 hours of credit in a month by picking up a couple premium pay trips. If you credit over 104 hours as an FO you make more $ than 70 hour captain, if that makes sense.
#243
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2014
Position: B-737 CA
Posts: 36
If you upgrade at the first available, plan to be in reserve for 2.5-3 years. Once you can hold a line, plan on min days off along with uncommutable and inefficient five and six day trips (that are difficult to drop and replace with premium pay trips) for a few more years. You can plan for long (>24 hours) layovers in garden spots like PIT, AFW, or GPT, along with a lot of offline deadheads (“middle-seat-express”). And significant amount of red eye flying on NCAA and MLS charters. It’s not fun. I can’t fault anyone who bypasses the upgrade.
#244
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2021
Posts: 156
While the CA rate is higher, you're on reserve making 70 hours with no ability to pick up. A mid to upper level FO lineholder can easily bring in 110 hours of credit in a month by picking up a couple premium pay trips. If you credit over 104 hours as an FO you make more $ than 70 hour captain, if that makes sense.
Not sure I understand your second question, but how long you spend on reserve as a captain is a function of how long you wait to upgrade. If you take first available upgrade as the bottom captain, it's going to be a while as the movement on the captain list is slow. If you wait it out and let people upgrade behind you and upgrade later, you can theoretically avoid CA reserve completely. Just depends on where you are on the seniority list.
Not sure I understand your second question, but how long you spend on reserve as a captain is a function of how long you wait to upgrade. If you take first available upgrade as the bottom captain, it's going to be a while as the movement on the captain list is slow. If you wait it out and let people upgrade behind you and upgrade later, you can theoretically avoid CA reserve completely. Just depends on where you are on the seniority list.
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#245
On Reserve
Joined APC: Sep 2021
Posts: 22
If you upgrade at the first available, plan to be in reserve for 2.5-3 years. Once you can hold a line, plan on min days off along with uncommutable and inefficient five and six day trips (that are difficult to drop and replace with premium pay trips) for a few more years. You can plan for long (>24 hours) layovers in garden spots like PIT, AFW, or GPT, along with a lot of offline deadheads (“middle-seat-express”). And significant amount of red eye flying on NCAA and MLS charters. It’s not fun. I can’t fault anyone who bypasses the upgrade.
#247
in the last new hire class of 15 in September I heard there was only 2 that did not commute. Those 13 new hires are in for a rude awakening! It seems that most commuters are using the type rating and experience as a stepping stone to a major airline. The company also gave reserve captains two more days off in September trying to get FO’s to upgrade. I hope these guys don’t fall for it. It’s not permanent. They will pull it away faster than they gave it! They are trying all the tricks they can besides pay and providing an industry competitive contract.
#248
Line Holder
Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 34
Very inappropriate comment. We lost a coworker. Let's not focus on anything else.
#249
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2019
Posts: 251
Only said what many of people have been thinking. Yia had been against the vaccine. He was against all the covid restrictions and had been vocal about how it's not serious and is just liberals making it a political game. There are many more CAs that are in that same boat. Now that this has happened, especially while he was on a trip. Are those guys going to take it a little more serious and at least get the vaccine?
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