Reserve for Dummies
10-09-2023, 09:39 AM
#1351
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Joined APC: Jul 2023
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I'm trying to get to my 100 hours for consolidation as a reserve pilot. I have a YS for all of my on-call days. Is there any benefit to putting in a YS for an X day or am I better off waiting for GS calls? I'm pretty much the most junior in base, so GS have gone ahead of me so far.
10-09-2023, 09:55 AM
#1352
Roll’n Thunder
Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
Posts: 3,836
I'm trying to get to my 100 hours for consolidation as a reserve pilot. I have a YS for all of my on-call days. Is there any benefit to putting in a YS for an X day or am I better off waiting for GS calls? I'm pretty much the most junior in base, so GS have gone ahead of me so far.
If you do happen to actually hit reserve guarantee then at least you'll get paid for whatever you YS above that.
10-09-2023, 09:59 AM
#1353
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Joined APC: Sep 2011
Posts: 4,812
I'm trying to get to my 100 hours for consolidation as a reserve pilot. I have a YS for all of my on-call days. Is there any benefit to putting in a YS for an X day or am I better off waiting for GS calls? I'm pretty much the most junior in base, so GS have gone ahead of me so far.
Depending on how much time you have left, and if you have gotten the extension, you might wait for the GS and kill 2 birds with one stone. But buying a trip sux.
10-09-2023, 10:01 AM
#1354
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 10,518
YS on X-days is well above GS in the coverage ladder. So if you are close, but GS aren’t near your seniority yet, it’s much better than having to buy a trip.
Depending on how much time you have left, and if you have gotten the extension, you might wait for the GS and kill 2 birds with one stone. But buying a trip sux.
Depending on how much time you have left, and if you have gotten the extension, you might wait for the GS and kill 2 birds with one stone. But buying a trip sux.
10-09-2023, 10:08 AM
#1355
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Joined APC: Mar 2019
Posts: 1,014
I was wondering the same thing. Especially when your seniority can only hold Florida turns but you buy a 72 hr Edinburgh layover.
For those that don’t know, the form is called Consolidation Buyback Request or something like that and is available on Deltanet.
For those that don’t know, the form is called Consolidation Buyback Request or something like that and is available on Deltanet.
10-09-2023, 10:17 AM
#1356
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Joined APC: Jul 2023
Posts: 208
YS on X-days is well above GS in the coverage ladder. So if you are close, but GS aren’t near your seniority yet, it’s much better than having to buy a trip.
Depending on how much time you have left, and if you have gotten the extension, you might wait for the GS and kill 2 birds with one stone. But buying a trip sux.
Depending on how much time you have left, and if you have gotten the extension, you might wait for the GS and kill 2 birds with one stone. But buying a trip sux.
10-09-2023, 10:18 AM
#1357
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Joined APC: Aug 2020
Posts: 670
A trip buy sucks because you're working for free. If you do it over reserve days, because the trip pays and credits zero and you lose the value of the reserve days too, so it's negative pay. I tell all the new guys to YS as much as they can, but if it comes down to the wire, buy a trip on X days and make sure it's a good one.
10-09-2023, 10:36 AM
#1359
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Joined APC: Aug 2020
Posts: 670
You can do a sim or a line check with an LCP to extend your consolidation an additional 30 days, but after that, you dequal, and have to do requal, which is basically training, a 34X, and a 44X.
10-09-2023, 10:38 AM
#1360
Layover Master
Joined APC: Jan 2013
Position: Seated
Posts: 4,320
Which I’ve done and it was a non-event. Sure, might want to study before it, but it was worth it for the nearly three months off.
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