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07-17-2012, 07:23 AM
#3712
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jul 2012
Position: CFI
Posts: 11
07-17-2012, 07:47 AM
#3714
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Posts: 259
Do you know what reserve is? (this is not sarcastic remark) Reserve pilots are pilots that fill in for sick calls and for trips that the company does not have coverage for. Generally reserve pilots do not fly as much as line holders (pilots that hold scheduled trips) You should be able to hold a line in a few months (depending on attrition) Line holders average roughly 85 hours a month.
07-17-2012, 08:06 AM
#3715
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jul 2012
Position: CFI
Posts: 11
Do you know what reserve is? (this is not sarcastic remark) Reserve pilots are pilots that fill in for sick calls and for trips that the company does not have coverage for. Generally reserve pilots do not fly as much as line holders (pilots that hold scheduled trips) You should be able to hold a line in a few months (depending on attrition) Line holders average roughly 85 hours a month.
07-17-2012, 08:17 AM
#3716
Underpaid...
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Position: French-Canadian
Posts: 2,101
A let's say you start trainig in Sep and finish in Nov, that would leave you with 8 months to Aug 2013. They are expecting you to fly 60 hrs a month when you are initially hired with the company, when you are a we hire you are a spare (reserve). So with 60 hrs a month and 8 months to do it you need around 1100 TT to meet the ATP mins in AUG 2013
07-17-2012, 08:19 AM
#3717
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2009
Posts: 256
No, No, No. You are either a reserve or a line holder not both. As a new hire you will be reserve. That means you sit within an 1:15 of base everyday waiting on a phone call that you may or may not get. If you don't get called you don't fly. As i said earlier when I was a reserve I flew an average of 30-35 per month.
07-17-2012, 08:20 AM
#3718
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: CRJ CA
Posts: 328
Yea, cause you can fly 145 hrs in a month!
07-17-2012, 08:21 AM
#3719
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jul 2012
Position: CFI
Posts: 11
A let's say you start trainig in Sep and finish in Nov, that would leave you with 8 months to Aug 2013. They are expecting you to fly 60 hrs a month when you are initially hired with the company, when you are a we hire you are a spare (reserve). So with 60 hrs a month and 8 months to do it you need around 1100 TT to meet the ATP mins in AUG 2013
07-17-2012, 08:30 AM
#3720
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2009
Posts: 256
To sum up, they don't expect you to work for them if you cant meet the times.
Last edited by l1011; 07-17-2012 at 08:31 AM. Reason: added content
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