Life on reserve at swa

[scoreboardII]

"I know that film crew could give the kid a sandwich....

But you know I've been doing a lot of thinking, spent some time working it out, and I've solved world hunger. You want to solve world hunger, stop sending em food folks, don't send them another bite. If you want to help, do your part in some way, Send them Uhauls. Send them luggage. Send them a guy, that pulls them aside and says 'So...it occurred to me as we've been bringing your food here for, oh ...the last 30-40 years, that there wouldn't be world hunger, if you people, would live WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!! "
RIP Sam !
"you know what this is... It's sand..."

Mostly wrong, we need to send the condoms.

 

[waveflyer]

Mostly wrong, we need to send the condoms.

Might be right, but please tell me I'm not dependent on my air tran brothers to get the reference- here's a little help:

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=US#/watch?v=vN7ehccspao

 

[Sluggo_63]

We just want to hire people who really want to be here, not someone who is asking him/herself, do i really want to work at SWA?

You guys always say this, but it's not really the truth. You hired many pilots in the mid-2000s that were furloughed from legacy airlines where SWA wasn't their first choice. I have several friends at SWA who poo-poo'd the idea of going to SWA in the late 90's, but after a furlough and months of joblessness, they decided to throw their app in at SWA. They still asked themselves "do I really want to work at SWA?" They got hired, and they're happy... but they didn't know they really wanted to work at Southwest.

Full disclosure: I poo-poo'd the idea of working at FedEx in the late 90's, asked myself in 2005 if "I really wanted to work at FedEx..." but I'm there now, and love it, so I know how opinions change.

 

[waveflyer]

And hopefully this place will change the minds of even the most disappointed AT pilots-
The culture is always about winning the hearts and minds- over time. Hell, there are plenty of discontented pilots that have been here for a decade -a model employee when hired but devolved into a$$-
But I do want "true believers" and don't like the homogenization of airline pilots- esp at swa- this place is better and we ought to reward it for acting right.

 

[madjack]

There will be AAI pilots who never get over SL10, there will be SWA pilots who will never get over SL10...nothing you can do about it, try to keep it professional at work...

 

[waveflyer]

Yeah but there influences- good old fashioned peer pressure, pointing out the usair's and legacies where employees really got screwed, calling them stupid, etc etc

That's professional isn't it?

 

[milflyboy]

Of the 140 newhires, how many will be stuck on reserve in OAK considering no further hiring? If you are in one of the first classes can you be pretty sure to get PHX rather quick or maybe even from day one?

 

[RyansDad]

Of the 140 newhires, how many will be stuck on reserve in OAK considering no further hiring? If you are in one of the first classes can you be pretty sure to get PHX rather quick or maybe even from day one?

If you are in one of the first few classes you shouldn't be in OAK for more than a month.. For Dec. there were 41 resv. lines and in PHX 57 resv. lines. If you are a west coast commuter life should be good fairly quickly. East coast commuter.. not so much.. as of today anyway. If you are in one of the new hire classes next yr.. Welcome

 

[milflyboy]

... If you are in one of the new hire classes next yr.. Welcome

Will first know later this week )

 

[T-1GUY]

Good luck...

 

[milflyboy]

Thanks !!!

 

[usausa]

I've commuted to a line, and now sit Sun/Mon/Tues PM reserve in domicile. Reserve isn't for everybody, but I get basically the entire weekend off with the family. Reserves get abused in the summer (exceed your guarantee) and in the winter months you usually work right up to or just won't exceed the guarantee. The nice thing is since there's not much open time in the winter, people will jump on your reserve trips, you'll get paid to stay home and still get your guarantee. Then if you care to fly more, you can pick up a few turns or a 2-day or what not and pad it a little. FWIW i'm 100 trip/month, non-cartel guy. There's much more money to be made if you know how to work the system or are willing to be a slave to the computer or cell phone. I'm not so I just do my reserve days, and maybe a turn or 2 if they don't use me every day on reserve. Working extra does NOT count against your guarantee which is nice. FWIW, when i can hold a Sun/Mon/Tues line I will for the added flexibility, but right now reserve during the week beats Fri/Sat/Sun line if you have kiddos. It's just not as fun on the road....

 

[usausa]

oops, forgot: I would never commute to reserve if you could have a line or sit reserve in domicile. Two completely different jobs...

 

[dicko]

Working extra does NOT count against your guarantee which is nice.

I'm not sure if I'm interpreting this correctly. When you fly a trip picked up on a day off, does the credit go on top of your guarantee ?

ie. 89 hour reserve guarantee, and you fly a trip that pays 14 TFP on your days off. Is your minimum credit for the month now 103 ?

 

[texman]

Yes Dicko that is true. So what like the above post people will pick up a two day or so to help add to the month total. When I was on reserve I would do that and block 70hrs and get paid about 120 for the month. This was with 13 to 14 days off.

 

[slaquer5]

I'm not sure if I'm interpreting this correctly. When you fly a trip picked up on a day off, does the credit go on top of your guarantee ?

ie. 89 hour reserve guarantee, and you fly a trip that pays 14 TFP on your days off. Is your minimum credit for the month now 103 ?

Yes unlike UAL or AA where you get punished if you pick up, or DAL where you cant pick up if your on reserve.

Reserve can be good.

 

[dicko]

Thanks T & S,

Excellent. That's a huge deal for junior CA's and FO's.

AirTran Alpa managed to effectively negotiate away any credit above guarantee for Reserves in our latest contract. To a large extent it negated the pay raises for the junior in each seat. Certainly in the Captain seat. It also removed any motivation to do anything other than not work. May as well sit at home, because picking up time is either impossible and/or pointless.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

Our last (current) contract negotiated away some of our reserve perks, it didn't affect the negotiators or the senior so it was seen as "not needed".

Believe pick up for month is capped (or was that TA 1, guess i better get it out and study it again, haven't been on reserve in a few months!)

Later,
KBB

 

[dicko]

Our last (current) contract negotiated away some of our reserve perks, it didn't affect the negotiators or the senior so it was seen as "not needed".

Believe pick up for month is capped (or was that TA 1, guess i better get it out and study it again, haven't been on reserve in a few months!)

Later,
KBB

If you're senior to me, I suggest you bid a month of delicious Reserve. It's tasty treat. Then attempt to move your credit north of guarantee.

 

[slaquer5]

Our last (current) contract negotiated away some of our reserve perks, it didn't affect the negotiators or the senior so it was seen as "not needed".

Believe pick up for month is capped (or was that TA 1, guess i better get it out and study it again, haven't been on reserve in a few months!)

Later,
KBB

Kind of but not really . 4 day hold you at 5 hrs a day 3 day or less 6. As the month rolls your cap as u put it goes up. Can not go wrong bidding reserve in feb.