Questions about Reserve at Southwest

[sfomarc]

Well I just got my first hard line off reserve after 13 months here in BWI if that gives you some indication of how long you may be on reserve.

RIght now for new hires the senority of bases goes like this (most senior to most junior). DAL, MCO, BWI, HOU & PHX, MDW, OAK. When hiring was going on a bit a year ago classmates in MDW were on reserve for a month or so, Oak a few months, MCO guys still trying to get based there and more recently guys got displaced from MCO.

OAK sucks from a crash pad standpoint as there are none only cheap dirty hotels. MDW I here is the best place for crashpads and transportation is easy. BWI a lot of us live in the general area, PA, DC, Balt. Annapolis, ect

Good luck and get started so the senority moves again.

 

[canyonblue]

RIght now for new hires the senority of bases goes like this (most senior to most junior). DAL, MCO, BWI, HOU & PHX, MDW, OAK.

Well I wish MDW was more junior than PHX but I am on reserve in MDW and can hold a line, blank line at least in PHX. It's not just senior FO's bidding reserve either, 40 or so below me in PHX when I was displaced in September and only about 5 below me in MDW. I hope that the January vacancy bid moves some of these guys out of MDW and over to BWI where they want to be.

 

[jball2]

-4 months in OAK NEVER sat reserve

-2 months in PHX both on reserve.

-Hard line in PHX for december because senior folks bid reserve for holidays off.

-Been trying to get BWI the whole time. (ATL commuter)

Canyonblue is right . OAK is most junior, then PHX, HOU, then MDW, BWI, MCO and finally DAL.

With the amount of MCO displacements for JAN, I expect little movement from west to east as I figure most of those displaced will go to BWI.

JB