AV8OR,
The reserve call out time is 2 hours, with "telephone availability periods" of either 0400-1800 or 1000-2400, with provisions for early release on the last day going into days off. They can also assign "ready reserve" where you sit at the airport, but these are for 6 hr periods only. As far as the time spent on reserve, it depends on where you fall in the hiring pushes. I know guys hired in 2001 that spent virtually no time on reserve. I know guys that interviewed with me and attended class in Feb '02 that spent months and months on reserve. (There was not another class until Aug 02.) I was in that Aug class, and have spent 3 months on reserve, although I can expect a line with the next bid. I could have had a CDO line this month, but didn't bid the less attractive ones, opting for a 14 day off reserve line instead. There have been 3 classes start training since my class, with another scheduled for later this month, then perhaps another 3 to 4 through May. So, the reserve times are relatively short right now. However, the classes will probably slow down for the summer, so if you get the last class until fall, then reserve tends to be a little longer.
learjetguy,
The competitive minimums seem to be in the 4000-5000TT range, with many guys having significantly more. They are very big on prior 121 PIC time. Right now, they are only interviewing guys that have been recommended by current AirTran pilots. I understand that even this stack of resumes number several thousand, and the guys getting called now have had their stuff in around a year, on average.