busdriver12

You are telling a guy who has made it clear that he does NOT like his company, and has a username of "Regionalsuck" to stay where he's at because it's so much better there?

beancounter

35% down from top on narrow body. Next month 18 off and 83 hours. Just got a $15hr raise too!!!

Carlsbad

17 days off, 85 hrs pay. Yeah, this place just blows

NYC Pilot

Better start loving your job, that sugar momma wife of yours can always leave you... Just sayin, good luck

aa73

Regarding reserve at AA.

I used to be a lineholder driving to work. (737 F/O.) Flew 90hrs/month, by choice. Worked to be about 15on/15 off.

Recently upgraded to 737 CA but now commuting to reserve. Short commute (dca-lga). Holding Long Call reserve.

Here's the rub: believe it or not, I actually have more time at home commuting to Long Call reserve than I ever did driving to work as a line holder.

Reason: They don't use me every reserve day. Sure, I do fly a reasonable amount, including close to breaking guarantee (73hr guarantee.) But since I'm not used every day of reserve, and it's Long Call (min 12hr callout), I can sit at home on those days they don't use me. So it really works out closer to 17-18 days at home vs 15 when I held a line.

If you live in base, short call reserve is even better - they don't fly nearly as much as long call. So you'd be at home even more.

All these horror stories about reserve and getting used and abused - haven't seen it at all. I'm actually digging being on LC reserve more than when I held a line.

With this 8% pay increase, along with fixes to min calendar day and LTD hopefully coming soon, I do feel we are on the right track here at AA.

Just one pilot's input....YMMV.

Good luck with your decision. Don't go by all the negativity you read on these boards - AA is a great career and it is night & day different from Envoy.

Regionalsuck

Thanks. Good to know. Most of the posts say reserves fly constantly.

Skubajet

84.5 hours for APR with 16 days off (30 day month)
Lineholder FO A320

aa73

Varies by base. I'm in LGA. I'd say that, in a 5 or 6 day block of LC reserve, they typically use me for one 3 day trip and that's it... I end up sitting the other 2 or 3 reserve days at home.

Danger Close

I love humble brags on here about how much one pilot's wife makes.

There's always one....

DarinFred

It's almost as bad as the West pilot who is married to the VP of Human Resources (and who cashed out 2.5mil in stock last week) trying to get us onboard with management's sudden generosity...