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12-19-2018, 09:44 AM
#21
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I broke 75 hours once on Reserve, so it is not impossible. Yes, you can pick up extra flying on your days off, but remember you will only have 12 days off so it will be hard to do so and stay Part 117 compliant. Not impossible, but it makes it hard to be efficient.
Staying within 117 is the easy part. Maintaining your sanity while working too many days into your 12 off is much harder.
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12-19-2018, 09:59 AM
#22
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The issue comes when trying to pick up a trip immediately before or after a multi-day reserve period. Since they treat each reserve duty as a full FDP whether you were called in or not, I found it very difficult to pick up trips unless I had a day off buffer in-between. But you are right, the other hard part is the lack of days off you will have when picking up extra time while on reserve.
12-19-2018, 10:00 AM
#23
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The issue comes when trying to pick up a trip immediately before or after a multi-day reserve period. Since they treat each reserve duty as a full FDP whether you were called in or not, I found it very difficult to pick up trips unless I had a day off buffer in-between. But you are right, the other hard part is the lack of days off you will have when picking up extra time while on reserve.
If you can, try and pick up flying into or out of your reserve period then you don’t have that issue.
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12-21-2018, 06:53 PM
#24
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44 CA vacancies for May. Wow. What for? I don’t see that many CAs leaving. Wonder what they have planned.
Also people on here were talking about breaking min gaurantee, it’s very easy to do as a new CA. At least in EWR, it’s been very easy to do. So far I’ve done around 115, 118, and 105 in the first few months as CA. Between 12-15 days off too if you include the rsv days they didn’t call me. Which have been plenty. Lots of reserves.
Also people on here were talking about breaking min gaurantee, it’s very easy to do as a new CA. At least in EWR, it’s been very easy to do. So far I’ve done around 115, 118, and 105 in the first few months as CA. Between 12-15 days off too if you include the rsv days they didn’t call me. Which have been plenty. Lots of reserves.
12-21-2018, 09:15 PM
#25
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44 CA vacancies for May. Wow. What for? I don’t see that many CAs leaving. Wonder what they have planned.
Also people on here were talking about breaking min gaurantee, it’s very easy to do as a new CA. At least in EWR, it’s been very easy to do. So far I’ve done around 115, 118, and 105 in the first few months as CA. Between 12-15 days off too if you include the rsv days they didn’t call me. Which have been plenty. Lots of reserves.
Also people on here were talking about breaking min gaurantee, it’s very easy to do as a new CA. At least in EWR, it’s been very easy to do. So far I’ve done around 115, 118, and 105 in the first few months as CA. Between 12-15 days off too if you include the rsv days they didn’t call me. Which have been plenty. Lots of reserves.
Unfortunately for people like me, I'm expecting the reserve times to get longer.
I also noticed there were 4 ORD FO vacancies...that's the first time in 2 or 3 months, no?
As a sidenote, during the first days of Indoc, they showed in FLICA how to see how many pilots in a given base were awarded a line/composite line. Is there a way to do that and I'm just forgetting?
12-22-2018, 05:15 AM
#26
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44 CA vacancies for May. Wow. What for? I don’t see that many CAs leaving. Wonder what they have planned.
Also people on here were talking about breaking min gaurantee, it’s very easy to do as a new CA. At least in EWR, it’s been very easy to do. So far I’ve done around 115, 118, and 105 in the first few months as CA. Between 12-15 days off too if you include the rsv days they didn’t call me. Which have been plenty. Lots of reserves.
Also people on here were talking about breaking min gaurantee, it’s very easy to do as a new CA. At least in EWR, it’s been very easy to do. So far I’ve done around 115, 118, and 105 in the first few months as CA. Between 12-15 days off too if you include the rsv days they didn’t call me. Which have been plenty. Lots of reserves.
Being on reserve and picking up open time on your days off is the way to go. Have to live in base, or spend extra time I’m crash pad though.
12-22-2018, 05:21 AM
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I noticed that too. All you need to do is look at the staffing projections to see we're really long on FOs right now. Even the upgrades won't help stem that tide until we get to the postponed classes.
Unfortunately for people like me, I'm expecting the reserve times to get longer.
I also noticed there were 4 ORD FO vacancies...that's the first time in 2 or 3 months, no?
As a sidenote, during the first days of Indoc, they showed in FLICA how to see how many pilots in a given base were awarded a line/composite line. Is there a way to do that and I'm just forgetting?
Unfortunately for people like me, I'm expecting the reserve times to get longer.
I also noticed there were 4 ORD FO vacancies...that's the first time in 2 or 3 months, no?
As a sidenote, during the first days of Indoc, they showed in FLICA how to see how many pilots in a given base were awarded a line/composite line. Is there a way to do that and I'm just forgetting?
ORD FO is very attainable! Usually have vacancies every couple months. CA is pretty much impossible though
12-22-2018, 10:04 AM
#28
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Yeah,m same thing last year. Vacancies closed as reduced winter flying hit. They open up again and will remain open with vacancies through the spring and summer until next winter.
12-23-2018, 06:30 AM
#29
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I should have added that I’m home based and I should consider that an unused day at the crash pad is definitely not an off day. Just to clarify for people.
12-23-2018, 09:27 AM
#30
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You can look for the FO and CA final awards/schedules under the Pref bidding tab. These documents let you see everyone's schedules. Cross reference a fixed seniority number or name with a master seniority list (from Comply, or the monthly "cover sheet" in FLICA) to determine dates of hire.
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