Life at Compass

[Overjump]

In LAX?

Yeah.

 

[ian]

Yeah.

reserve by choice?

 

[USN88]

reserve by choice?

A line isn't immediate out here. Summer hires are still on reserve.

 

[ian]

A line isn't immediate out here.

hope i didnt make a mcsteak by bidding out there for march

 

[cactusjuba]

Well there should be 50 new faces out there March vs. December.

 

[Overjump]

reserve by choice?

They haven't really increased the number of lines all too much so it seems with all the MSP FOs upgrading, the LAX FO list isn't moving up too much.

 

[BlueMoon]

There was only 60 captain lines for January in lax. They are building up some staffing for the AA birds and flows.

 

[jtrain609]

Hiring pretty much stopped for months on end, and nobody moved up during that period of time. That's changing right now.

 

[statusseeker1]

hope i didnt make a mcsteak by bidding out there for march

Mmmmm mcsteak

 

[ClarkGriswold]

hope i didnt make a mcsteak by bidding out there for march

Sometimes reserve is just the way things pan out. I, as well as many others, sat over a year on reserve. You'll be fine out there. Still better than what you'll get sitting in DTW.

 

[ian]

Sometimes reserve is just the way things pan out. I, as well as many others, sat over a year on reserve. You'll be fine out there. Still better than what you'll get sitting in DTW.

not when i'm commuting from the east coast

i feel like scheduling is messing with....both of my ioe trips first leg operates into PHL

 

[ClarkGriswold]

not when i'm commuting from the east coast

i feel like scheduling is messing with....both of my ioe trips first leg operates into PHL

You're not the only east coaster commuting to LAX. I'd rather sit 1 month reserve then hold a line in LAX than sit reserve in DTW and never fly. Sitting in a crashpad for 6 days and not flying gets old quick. Been there done that in DTW and sounds like it hasn't changed. If you live in base it's amazing...

That is a tease.

 

[jtrain609]

You're not the only east coaster commuting to LAX. I'd rather sit 1 month reserve then hold a line in LAX than sit reserve in DTW and never fly. Sitting in a crashpad for 6 days and not flying gets old quick. Been there done that in DTW and sounds like it hasn't changed. If you live in base it's amazing...

That is a tease.

16 days of ready per month isn't really worth it when living in base either. Might as well just bid ready.

 

[JetDoc]

FWIW the chief pilot told us Tuesday that we would be looking at 1 maybe 2 months of reserve in LAX.. Of course the information was taken with a grain of salt...

 

[BlueMoon]

With upgrades happening now every month for the foreseeable future reserve should be short.

 

[jtrain609]

With upgrades happening now every month for the foreseeable future reserve should be short.

This.

Some folks were just hired at the end of the last hiring wave, so they sat reserve for a while. Won't likely happen again for a while.

 

[Seggy]

not when i'm commuting from the east coast

i feel like scheduling is messing with....both of my ioe trips first leg operates into PHL

Apply for XJT or ARW then and be based in EWR or PHL.

 

[grkero]

Apply for XJT or ARW then and be based in EWR or PHL.

Nah... just move to the west coast

 

[p1l07m4n]

not when i'm commuting from the east coast

i feel like scheduling is messing with....both of my ioe trips first leg operates into PHL

No joke, my first IOE trip, I was in and out of SLC more than anywhere else. This next one I have to DH to MSP for the trip. Not liking that since all my crap is in LAX and I'm at home in SJU.

 

[ian]

No joke, my first IOE trip, I was in and out of SLC more than anywhere else. This next one I have to DH to MSP for the trip. Not liking that since all my crap is in LAX and I'm at home in SJU.

Yeah that's why I didnt leave my stuff in the dtw crew room...looks like I have to go to msp for trip 2 and I'm trying to skip the deadhead from dtw...