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10-01-2017, 01:07 PM
#11
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: 767/757 CA
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On rsv it's a crap shoot on whether you'll get bunkie or the flying FO. However, The chance of getting enough flying FO assignments to keep current is probably slim... so plan on a landings class every 90 days. You won't be bunkie all the time... you'll get landings in the plane every so often... sometimes a captain will give you their landing to keep you from class if your close...
10-01-2017, 01:51 PM
#12
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Joined APC: May 2009
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I've had Captains and other FO's offer me their landing legs. Usually, they are guys who fly (and land) a lot and aren't concerned about currency.
I was recently assigned a bunky seat while on reserve. When I got to the drome, the flying FO told me that HE was the bunky and was bumped to the flying seat without his consent when the original (flying) FO called in sick. He found out he was flying only because he checked the trip a few hours prior. So, a win for him, but unexpected. The best landings are the ones you don't get when displaced for IOE.
My point is, sometimes you get landings when you don't expect them.
While I still enjoy flying planes, I enjoy cashing larger paychecks better.
I was recently assigned a bunky seat while on reserve. When I got to the drome, the flying FO told me that HE was the bunky and was bumped to the flying seat without his consent when the original (flying) FO called in sick. He found out he was flying only because he checked the trip a few hours prior. So, a win for him, but unexpected. The best landings are the ones you don't get when displaced for IOE.
My point is, sometimes you get landings when you don't expect them.
While I still enjoy flying planes, I enjoy cashing larger paychecks better.
10-01-2017, 05:23 PM
#16
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 163
The current junior WB FO in SFO would be 40% on the 737, but that was awarded a while ago when things were humming right along and the early retirement of the 747 didn’t drive the award seniority much higher. He was at just over two years on property then. The most junior SFO WB pilot award on the last vacancy snapshot would be 9% on the 737 in SFO.
I’d guesstimate that that seniority will drop over the next few vacancies and you’ll again see the 777/787 available to guys in SFO at 2+ years, if wanted.
But, as mentioned above, you’d be giving up poke at Suisan and Umekes, sunrise at coffee plantations in Kona, cheap scooter rides with snorkel gear thrown in for free, Mai Tais and pupu at Uncle Bo’s, and free Blue Hawaiian helicopter rides all over the islands so quite a few will choose paid vacation for “work” with weekends/holidays off over watching other people fly from the jumpseat.
I’d guesstimate that that seniority will drop over the next few vacancies and you’ll again see the 777/787 available to guys in SFO at 2+ years, if wanted.
But, as mentioned above, you’d be giving up poke at Suisan and Umekes, sunrise at coffee plantations in Kona, cheap scooter rides with snorkel gear thrown in for free, Mai Tais and pupu at Uncle Bo’s, and free Blue Hawaiian helicopter rides all over the islands so quite a few will choose paid vacation for “work” with weekends/holidays off over watching other people fly from the jumpseat.
Now I settle for a wetsuit and cheap board rentals at playa Makaha in Lima.
1st world airline pilot problems
10-02-2017, 11:39 AM
#17
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Joined APC: Jan 2017
Posts: 85
A couple questions-
1. At Junior bases(SFO?), what's the reserve time on 737?
2. Once you upgrade to WB FO, can you only do that flying or can you still bid trips on, say, 737 which you are also qualified on in that base?
Thanks!
1. At Junior bases(SFO?), what's the reserve time on 737?
2. Once you upgrade to WB FO, can you only do that flying or can you still bid trips on, say, 737 which you are also qualified on in that base?
Thanks!
10-02-2017, 12:07 PM
#18
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Joined APC: May 2015
Position: 777 CA
Posts: 1,039
2. You are only current and qualified on one fleet at a time. So no.
10-02-2017, 07:20 PM
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Joined APC: Jun 2005
Position: 787 FO
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