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11-22-2019, 11:17 AM

#1871

BrazilBusDriver

Gets Weekends Off

Joined APC: Dec 2018

Posts: 337

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Originally Posted by Celeste

Since it is pref bid you can bid shorter stretches of reserve if you want. But 5-6 days of reserve is pretty typical. Non- golden days off can and do get moved around. With the FO side actually having decent reserve coverage, they might not be jacking the reserve schedules around as much.

Junioring is a lot better. I haven't been juniored since February, and staffing is worse for captains than on the FO side. Morale seems a lot better now that the junior manning has subsided.

Celeste, you can probably speak to this better, but at the end of the last decade "when dinosaurs ruled the Earth" you had to bid Golden Days in 3 day blocks, IIRC.

Looks like they're letting you bid on an individual date basis from the reserve grid. Is that true? If so, massive change for the better if you're a senior reserve guy/gal. Lets you protect your long weekends.

11-26-2019, 02:19 PM

#1872

Stratoflyer09

On Reserve

Joined APC: Dec 2018

Posts: 13

Non-current mil guy here and planning on possibly coming to TSA next year. Currently living in STL and wondering what the FO seniority is like here? Thanks.

11-28-2019, 05:34 AM

#1873

klondike

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Joined APC: Sep 2011

Position: in a Big Box that moves back,forth, up, down and makes cool sounds

Posts: 352

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stratoflyer09

Non-current mil guy here and planning on possibly coming to TSA next year. Currently living in STL and wondering what the FO seniority is like here? Thanks.

Hi Stratoflyer,

Check your Private Messages please

12-06-2019, 04:22 AM

#1874

BrazilBusDriver

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Joined APC: Dec 2018

Posts: 337

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stratoflyer09

Non-current mil guy here and planning on possibly coming to TSA next year. Currently living in STL and wondering what the FO seniority is like here? Thanks.

STL is definitely the most senior base for CAs. STL FO goes "senior" as well, but it's occasionally held during training (ground school/sim/IOE). A lot of guys take ORD or DEN and then bid back within 3-6 months. It's a long time on reserve, but reserve in base is better than commuting to it. Your call whether you'd rather sit reserve in STL or commute to a line in ORD or DEN. I hear the STL commute is tough to either base due to the shear number of TSH folks doing it, but have no experience.

That 90 day seniority reservation thing can really help your cause if you know you want STL/TSA.