Reserve at Southwest
04-20-2018, 12:52 PM
#11
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Joined APC: May 2017
Position: E175 FO
Posts: 104
04-20-2018, 03:20 PM
#13
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Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: 737 right
Posts: 285
They will usually let you do your IOE in the base you choose. Crew planning will assign you a base to Complete your first month after IOE. Before you leave training you will know what base you will be assigned to, it all depends on where your class falls. The class I was in was one out of three, we were all able to avoid OAK and BWI.
04-20-2018, 04:20 PM
#14
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Position: 175 CA
Posts: 1,544
They will usually let you do your IOE in the base you choose. Crew planning will assign you a base to Complete your first month after IOE. Before you leave training you will know what base you will be assigned to, it all depends on where your class falls. The class I was in was one out of three, we were all able to avoid OAK and BWI.
04-21-2018, 07:34 PM
#15
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: 737 Right
Posts: 305
Right now on reserve you have a good chance of sitting for 1/3 to 1/2 of the month. We are overmanned on FO's right now while they try and catch up with the Capt upgrades.
Some mid-level and senior guys are trading reserves for their trips and getting paid to sit at home.
Some mid-level and senior guys are trading reserves for their trips and getting paid to sit at home.
04-23-2019, 06:39 AM
#17
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,671
Reserve at Southwest
2-3 months right now to hold a blank line that may have some reserve. If hiring goes as planned, that should accelerate. Right now only one new hire class a month. Later this year that is supposed to go back to 2. I would watch the max issue closely to see if that comes to fruition. Problem with those two bases in particular is that they tend to get the bulk of new hires who get a consolidation line their first month. That makes reserve go a few numbers (10-20) senior in those months.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
04-23-2019, 11:45 PM
#20
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Posts: 843
Each base has an "AM" and a "PM" RAP. They vary a little bit between the bases, but an AM block is around 3am-5pm, while a PM block is around 10am-Midnight.
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