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[Broke in CVG]

Bid to fly means "bid to sit ready reserve and go nowhere."

 

[Guam360]

Broke in CVG,
that is true but not a bad as it used to be, maybe you have no idea, since you may not have been here before the strike.

It means you only do NO MORE than 6 ready reserve and you will fly the other days you are on duty, if you do the six in the first 10 days of the month, you will only fly after that or stay home with your thumb up your butt.

It is a great reserve duty compared to pre-strike.
Plus the ready's are only 6 hours compared to 8 hours.

 

[RichO]

Flying Time

Well, thanks for all the responses, it sounds like reserve may not be all that long once there is some movement again. As for flying, as a new FO, I would think people would be more inclined to bid to fly rather than not to fly.

 

[Anaconda]

you would think that would be the case, but after several months in a row of never breaking your guarantee but doing plently of ready reserve and unproductive trips, you come to realize that you are basically working for free. why bother going in when you can stay at home or do whatever? the pay will be the same.

the flight hours will come in due time.

as far as being new, well yeah, as a new fo you are required to get 100 hrs in 120 days, but there are provisions in the contract to ensure that happens.

 

[RichO]

Lines

So how many days off do you have as an FO on a typical line? There was an example above of a junior captain with 15 days off in the month......Is this typical?