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#4141
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
Posts: 1,272
1.5 years to transfer there as others have said. You should consider the brasilia. The pay is actually more than the RJ the first two years because the pay scale is the same but you'll spend less time getting the 75 hour reserve guarantee. I made more money 2nd year on the brasilia as a lineholder than I would have made on the jet even when the pay scales were different.
By the time your seat lock is up you'll be able to transition to SFO easily. Commuting is not fun.
ORD right out of training should be simple. They just put out the transfer list for April and they have 10 FO openings in ORD. Most of the current new hire class will likely go there.
By the time your seat lock is up you'll be able to transition to SFO easily. Commuting is not fun.
ORD right out of training should be simple. They just put out the transfer list for April and they have 10 FO openings in ORD. Most of the current new hire class will likely go there.
#4142
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
Posts: 1,272
The bottom of the list sees some movement because a lot of the reserve guys transfer around trying to commute to hold lines in different bases. If you want to sit as the plug on reserve in SLC for 3+ years you can get in there, but don't expect a line for a long time.
#4143
It is but new hires have even going there from the last few classes, it would still take a while to hold a line in SLC in the RJ
#4144
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Joined APC: Apr 2011
Posts: 620
SLC is kind of an odd base in a sense that it's pretty junior to be able to transfer in there, but pretty senior to actually hold a line. There's hardly any movement on both the FO and captain side. There are a lot of super senior FOs in SLC who have upgrade bids just for captain in SLC and no other base. Since there's no movement on the captain side those FOs aren't going anywhere so everything stagnates.
The bottom of the list sees some movement because a lot of the reserve guys transfer around trying to commute to hold lines in different bases. If you want to sit as the plug on reserve in SLC for 3+ years you can get in there, but don't expect a line for a long time.
The bottom of the list sees some movement because a lot of the reserve guys transfer around trying to commute to hold lines in different bases. If you want to sit as the plug on reserve in SLC for 3+ years you can get in there, but don't expect a line for a long time.
What's LAX like for a new hire on the Jet.
#4145
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Joined APC: Aug 2011
Posts: 166
Busy, LA has been shorthanded for a few months now. The bottom reserves are breaking guarantee pretty much every month. Holding a line is a ways off as all the bro transitions and senior pilots transfer in.
#4146
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Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 19
1.5 years to transfer there as others have said. You should consider the brasilia. The pay is actually more than the RJ the first two years because the pay scale is the same but you'll spend less time getting the 75 hour reserve guarantee. I made more money 2nd year on the brasilia as a lineholder than I would have made on the jet even when the pay scales were different.
By the time your seat lock is up you'll be able to transition to SFO easily. Commuting is not fun.
ORD right out of training should be simple. They just put out the transfer list for April and they have 10 FO openings in ORD. Most of the current new hire class will likely go there.
By the time your seat lock is up you'll be able to transition to SFO easily. Commuting is not fun.
ORD right out of training should be simple. They just put out the transfer list for April and they have 10 FO openings in ORD. Most of the current new hire class will likely go there.
Nice! yeah at Lakes used to be MSP based but I am an east coaster moving to Chi-town. Glad its wide open
#4147
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Posts: 208
I wish we had this Brasilia setup when I was hired. I would have begged for the bro! I was grateful for the RJ just because of the pay but now I have been mega junior for over 6 years on the RJ with no upgrade in sight. When it does get in sight it will be on the Brasilia which I have never flown which makes me hesitant.
#4148
I wish we had this Brasilia setup when I was hired. I would have begged for the bro! I was grateful for the RJ just because of the pay but now I have been mega junior for over 6 years on the RJ with no upgrade in sight. When it does get in sight it will be on the Brasilia which I have never flown which makes me hesitant.
#4149
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: B767
Posts: 1,901
I wish we had this Brasilia setup when I was hired. I would have begged for the bro! I was grateful for the RJ just because of the pay but now I have been mega junior for over 6 years on the RJ with no upgrade in sight. When it does get in sight it will be on the Brasilia which I have never flown which makes me hesitant.
#4150
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Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
Posts: 1,272
They've only been upgrading about 10 per month. Even someone who is 200 numbers away from the most junior captain realistically has no upgrade in sight right now.
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