777/787 reserve
09-12-2015 | 06:40 AM
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Excellent Question!........crazy amounts of reserves doing absolutely nothing this month on the 756
09-12-2015 | 09:51 AM
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Unfortunately that's no indication of being short staffed. Scheduling can call whomever they want and because of the opaqueness of the process it's often hard to tell if was legal. SSC and FODM can figure it out sometimes.
09-12-2015 | 10:36 AM
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He asked me why they do that and I said, "because they can."
09-17-2015 | 07:29 AM
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If you plan to commute to ORD, the 747 may be the best fleet. The bottom seniority is about the same, the pay is the same, and trips are mostly early afternoon departure and arrival. Very few landings available for reserves, so plan on trips to DEN for landings class.
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09-17-2015 | 07:41 AM
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then the fall sked hits and there are hundreds on reserve. It is even worse when the company pulls back in Jan and FEB. During those 2 months most of the INTL flying is less than daily.
They staff for the summer. Being Junior on the 756 is a roller coaster.
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