Reserve at Southwest
04-25-2019, 04:58 AM
#31
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Position: 175 CA
Posts: 1,544
Reserve here is great, especially living on base (duh).
I choose to bid reserve in the quieter months, in about 9 months I’ve worked 80 days including 3 I held a line. Reserve goes by seniority and utilization to date, so for instance if I’m junior to someone and we both have pass selected, if he/she has been used less than me they will get the call first. This results in a good distribution of flying amongst reserve. You get paid 6 tfp per day of reserve and minimum 6.5 if you get used, so guarantee is usually 90 but I end up with 100 by working a few trips. There’s no breaking guarantee here, everything extra is over the guarantee.
Lots of people give away reserve days or trade for trips. I even get a trip and then someone takes it before I even get up which is nice.
You work 15 days a month, so typically you have 15-16 off where other carriers have 12 off .
My preference is pass, I’m mdw based and I’ve been holding partial weekends off on reserve since about 6-7 months from joining.
Reserve is good :P
I choose to bid reserve in the quieter months, in about 9 months I’ve worked 80 days including 3 I held a line. Reserve goes by seniority and utilization to date, so for instance if I’m junior to someone and we both have pass selected, if he/she has been used less than me they will get the call first. This results in a good distribution of flying amongst reserve. You get paid 6 tfp per day of reserve and minimum 6.5 if you get used, so guarantee is usually 90 but I end up with 100 by working a few trips. There’s no breaking guarantee here, everything extra is over the guarantee.
Lots of people give away reserve days or trade for trips. I even get a trip and then someone takes it before I even get up which is nice.
You work 15 days a month, so typically you have 15-16 off where other carriers have 12 off .
My preference is pass, I’m mdw based and I’ve been holding partial weekends off on reserve since about 6-7 months from joining.
Reserve is good :P
Last edited by Squallrider; 04-25-2019 at 05:13 AM.
04-25-2019, 07:31 AM
#32
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Posts: 74
Reserve here is great, especially living on base (duh).
I choose to bid reserve in the quieter months, in about 9 months I’ve worked 80 days including 3 I held a line. Reserve goes by seniority and utilization to date, so for instance if I’m junior to someone and we both have pass selected, if he/she has been used less than me they will get the call first. This results in a good distribution of flying amongst reserve. You get paid 6 tfp per day of reserve and minimum 6.5 if you get used, so guarantee is usually 90 but I end up with 100 by working a few trips. There’s no breaking guarantee here, everything extra is over the guarantee.
Lots of people give away reserve days or trade for trips. I even get a trip and then someone takes it before I even get up which is nice.
You work 15 days a month, so typically you have 15-16 off where other carriers have 12 off .
My preference is pass, I’m mdw based and I’ve been holding partial weekends off on reserve since about 6-7 months from joining.
Reserve is good :P
I choose to bid reserve in the quieter months, in about 9 months I’ve worked 80 days including 3 I held a line. Reserve goes by seniority and utilization to date, so for instance if I’m junior to someone and we both have pass selected, if he/she has been used less than me they will get the call first. This results in a good distribution of flying amongst reserve. You get paid 6 tfp per day of reserve and minimum 6.5 if you get used, so guarantee is usually 90 but I end up with 100 by working a few trips. There’s no breaking guarantee here, everything extra is over the guarantee.
Lots of people give away reserve days or trade for trips. I even get a trip and then someone takes it before I even get up which is nice.
You work 15 days a month, so typically you have 15-16 off where other carriers have 12 off .
My preference is pass, I’m mdw based and I’ve been holding partial weekends off on reserve since about 6-7 months from joining.
Reserve is good :P
04-25-2019, 07:42 AM
#33
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2017
Posts: 107
Reserve here is great, especially living on base (duh).
I choose to bid reserve in the quieter months, in about 9 months I’ve worked 80 days including 3 I held a line. Reserve goes by seniority and utilization to date, so for instance if I’m junior to someone and we both have pass selected, if he/she has been used less than me they will get the call first. This results in a good distribution of flying amongst reserve. You get paid 6 tfp per day of reserve and minimum 6.5 if you get used, so guarantee is usually 90 but I end up with 100 by working a few trips. There’s no breaking guarantee here, everything extra is over the guarantee.
Lots of people give away reserve days or trade for trips. I even get a trip and then someone takes it before I even get up which is nice.
You work 15 days a month, so typically you have 15-16 off where other carriers have 12 off .
My preference is pass, I’m mdw based and I’ve been holding partial weekends off on reserve since about 6-7 months from joining.
Reserve is good :P
I choose to bid reserve in the quieter months, in about 9 months I’ve worked 80 days including 3 I held a line. Reserve goes by seniority and utilization to date, so for instance if I’m junior to someone and we both have pass selected, if he/she has been used less than me they will get the call first. This results in a good distribution of flying amongst reserve. You get paid 6 tfp per day of reserve and minimum 6.5 if you get used, so guarantee is usually 90 but I end up with 100 by working a few trips. There’s no breaking guarantee here, everything extra is over the guarantee.
Lots of people give away reserve days or trade for trips. I even get a trip and then someone takes it before I even get up which is nice.
You work 15 days a month, so typically you have 15-16 off where other carriers have 12 off .
My preference is pass, I’m mdw based and I’ve been holding partial weekends off on reserve since about 6-7 months from joining.
Reserve is good :P
It's obviously a huge advantage to be able to live in base, but that probably won't ever be an option for me, which makes me worry about the choice to go 121. But I like to read, so sitting around for long stretches doesn't bother me. Plus the pay and other benefits are there. Now if I can just get an interview...
04-25-2019, 05:57 PM
#34
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2012
Posts: 2,030
It's obviously a huge advantage to be able to live in base, but that probably won't ever be an option for me, which makes me worry about the choice to go 121. But I like to read, so sitting around for long stretches doesn't bother me. Plus the pay and other benefits are there. Now if I can just get an interview...
04-25-2019, 09:30 PM
#35
Strike averted!
Joined APC: Mar 2015
Position: B737
Posts: 3,821
I found that $200 a month for a crash pad exceeded the monthly hotel equivalent...so gave it up after about three months. I still commuted on reserve until the six month point and had a solid blank line by then.
04-26-2019, 11:44 AM
#38
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2017
Posts: 107
That seems awfully positive for a grumpy aviator. High praise indeed!
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