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08-17-2016, 11:01 AM

#41

e6bpilot

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Never bid the bottom 3 blank lines. It is a bait and switch by the company and its complete BS.

08-17-2016, 03:16 PM

#42

ZapBrannigan

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DAL is all grown out. Be hard to get in there unless current DAL FOs upgrade

08-21-2016, 08:31 PM

#43

jetdriven

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If you have a reserve line with a series of 3on/3off, how difficult would it be to manipulate your schedule to get one or more series of let's say 6on/6off? Is that obtainable for a junior reserve pilot?

08-21-2016, 11:33 PM

#44

flyguy81

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You'd have to find someone willing to swap RSV blocks around to get the schedule you want.

08-22-2016, 12:16 AM

#45

ZapBrannigan

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SW domicile seniority

Yeah unfortunately the company just wasnt built on making life easy for commuters.

If i had a nickel for every time some guy who has never worked for another airline told me "commuting is a choice"...

08-22-2016, 07:35 AM

#46

flyguy81

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Haha....that's what mgt at my last airline told us every 6 months when they closed a base.

08-22-2016, 02:08 PM

#47

SlipKid

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Quote:

Originally Posted by flyguy81

Haha....that's what mgt at my last airline told us every 6 months when they closed a base.

Yup.... BTDT.

My answer was always that I did not choose to commute, I chose not to move AGAIN!

08-22-2016, 08:18 PM

#48

at6d

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jetdriven

It would be difficult. However, there are reserve lines that are often 3 on 4 off.

08-23-2016, 10:09 AM

#49

Finny McCool

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

Also, SW is big about saying "our reserves get more days off than anyone elses" -- which is true IF you live in domicile. Remember that there are only a handful of commutable pairings at SW (reserve or otherwise) so you will typically commute in the night before an AM pairing, or commute home the morning after a PM pairing. So even though you have 15 days off, you'll spend part of 4-5 of those commuting into your domicile. (whether you are on reserve or not)

I think it depends a lot on the city pairs for a person's commute. I'm finishing my second month commuting to BWI from FLL. Maybe I've just been lucky but I've only had to do the commute twice on a day off. With PM's I never have to commute the night before, and even if I get stuck on my last day I'm home on my first day off by 0900 if I want to be, so it is a loss of a night in my bed but not the day.

To be safe you should probably listen to Zap though as his experience is probably more common.