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12-31-2021, 05:40 AM

#411

JulesWinfield

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero09

Hey,

I just started at Spirit in October and am on OE. I am hoping to get DFW asap. What does your schedule look like for DFW? Thanks

Reserves are flying a lot. I am able to get weekends off as a really junior reserve FO.

12-31-2021, 06:11 AM

#412

MCDUmanipulator

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SlimBob

If you have access to the bid packet and flica (Pref Bid Results) I think you'll be able to research your answer easily.

either early morning starts or late night starts. Not many trips start mid day. Very few day trips.

01-01-2022, 03:13 PM

#413

Mulligan Please

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JulesWinfield

Reserves are flying a lot. I am able to get weekends off as a really junior reserve FO.

I had 23 straight days off in December. 8 mos on property.

01-01-2022, 11:19 PM

#414

Minepza

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Is LAX a future base?

01-02-2022, 02:24 AM

#415

93Sierra

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Never say never, but my money’s on IAH

01-02-2022, 08:40 AM

#416

Halon1211

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Originally Posted by 93Sierra

Never say never, but my money’s on IAH

what day did they say the announcement would be at the last town hall?

01-02-2022, 03:43 PM

#417

93Sierra

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Sometime after sometime when the study’s been completed by the firm etc, but JM stumbled awkwardly about the MX hangar that’s not being built but might be built that is built that won’t be built but if it is built doesn’t mean it’s a crew base. Gotta wait for the study lol

01-02-2022, 06:57 PM

#418

69fastback

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When I want to make a little extra money, I bid a line. When I want to sit at home, I bid reserve. I bid reserve November and December and flew 6 days, total.

01-03-2022, 06:31 PM

#419

doubles

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Can anyone speak to the trip mix, trip lengths, quality of lines, commute-ability at ORD vs DTW? Is one or the other growing or shrinking?

Also, are the percent of FOs on reserve the same in both locations?

I have been unable to find if this was addressed in the threads.

TY

01-04-2022, 02:59 AM

#420

GatorFly

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Quote:

Originally Posted by doubles

I’m not DTW or ORD based so I can’t give you give a breakdown of % trip length and commutability (mind the definition of commutability). Both bases seem to be growing steadily although ORD had some stagnation in the past. About 70% of the pilots hold a line on average. This number can grow to 75% during summer and shrink to 65% or even less at FL bases during slow months. System wide the company has been leaning more towards 4-day trips (post covid). Quality of lines and trips depends on your seniority and obviously on your definition of quality (credit, legs per day, red eyes, etc). In my personal opinion LAS has the worst trips due to the relative large amount of redeyes. The rest of the bases seem to cover a good portion of our whole domestic network one way or another.