SkyWest and sitting Reserve

wheelsup said:
It's not; I just find it humorous when people complain about things like you did. The alternative is much worse ;).
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But I'm a pilot and I'm good at complaining! You can find it humorous as much as you want, FOUR five day trips in a month suck (and I'm not even the one this happened to). FYI, my schedule is quite nice this month, 15 days off 88 hours credit and memorial day weekend off.

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Is this a bad time to mention that last month I always had more than two days off in a row, and I had 5 days off in a row at one point? :)
 
Hootie9750 said:
Is it really possible to get 3 days off in a row here? Cause I would LOVE to know how to do that......
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Short answer is yes. I am halfway up in seniority on the FO side in DEN and have been getting all 2-3 day trips with usually 3 off in between. (hopefully I don't jinx myself here!) So the ol' schedule has been pretty nice as of late :)
 
This month I've got all 2-days strung together into 4-days. I thought I was gonna hate it, but it's kinda nice being home every other night or better. I normally go with the 3-4 day lines to get more days off, but I had to bid around recurrent this month.
 
Oh man 2 day back-to-backs are great! For me at least. If I can't have 3 day trips, I prefer those.

btw - Jayare, I spent 10 months commuting to reserve so it all depends on your timing.
 
bike21 said:
Oh man 2 day back-to-backs are great! For me at least. If I can't have 3 day trips, I prefer those.

btw - Jayare, I spent 10 months commuting to reserve so it all depends on your timing.
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I'm not looking forward to the possibility of commuting on reserve, but HOPEFULLY it'll only be a few months....
 
I hear ya man. I did lots of playing on my laptop back then. I may be doing it again before too long once I upgrade.
 
It seems that the RJ side of things is getting slammed. Quick expansion, not yet enough guys online. The Brasilia, at least in SLC has not been that crazy. I've heard that some of the Cali schedules have not been that great lately. June in SLC looks to be a lot busier.

For what it is worth, I can only think of three instances in all my time here where I have had only 2 days off between a large blocks of trips. One is this month, and I have a fairly large block of time off after that. I usually have at least three off. (Who knows though? Next month I may eat my words.)

Also have to agree on the two day back to backs. If I can't get 3 day trips those are usually great. Only out of your bed two nights a week.
 
Hootie9750 said:
I was told by crew support that they are "negative reserves" on the RJ fo in SLC this month, whatever that means.
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It means that the # of anticipated lines is larger than the # of pilots. No reserves and lots of uncovered flying (mostly 4 day trips that no one can pick up). The result- go directly to line holder, do not sit reserve, do not answer 435 area calls.
 
FWIW, for those of you hoping to get SLC straight out of training, in spite of the staffing problems, it's probably not terribly likely right now. The last RJ class that is just finishing (aircraft) training this week had a few people who got awarded SLC while still in training, but the effective date isn't until OCTOBER! I was surprised they would award a transfer that far out, but there ya go.
 
Bluto said:
FWIW, for those of you hoping to get SLC straight out of training, in spite of the staffing problems, it's probably not terribly likely right now. The last RJ class that is just finishing (aircraft) training this week had a few people who got awarded SLC while still in training, but the effective date isn't until OCTOBER! I was surprised they would award a transfer that far out, but there ya go.
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at least they're thinking a little ahead.........hopefully they keep doing that....
 
How many of our aircraft operate in/out of Atlanta? I would expect the number of crews to grow above 17 there.
 
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