Reserve at SWA...

[Phlintstone]

Are there reserve lines with longer blocks? I will be commuting and would rather do 5-6 days in a row than two groups of 3.

Phred

 

[j41driver]

Are there reserve lines with longer blocks? I will be commuting and would rather do 5-6 days in a row than two groups of 3.

Phred

Nope.


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[redflyer65]

Are there reserve lines with longer blocks? I will be commuting and would rather do 5-6 days in a row than two groups of 3.

Phred

Four day blocks are there as well. The only time you would get a longer period (up to 6) would be on a month to month overlap.

 

[freightdogfred]

What base has the most productive trips at Southwest? Theoretically they would be the easiest to give away, ie highest block?

 

[humveedriver]

What base has the most productive trips at Southwest? Theoretically they would be the easiest to give away, ie highest block?

I would say start with the base that has the most pilots and work backwards from there. The lines for ATL for the first month are nothing to get excited about. Typical for a start up domicile.

HOU may be geographically better suited for your commute and folks who want to pick up time.

Can you hold MCO or is it not worth?

 

[Tripower455]

What base has the most productive trips at Southwest? Theoretically they would be the easiest to give away, ie highest block?

I've found it's easier to give away a lower paying trip with low block (DHs etc.) than higher paying trips with high block.

Also, turns and 2 days are much easier to give away than 3-4 days.

A lot of guys want to keep the block down to stay legal for open time.

 

[maxblast72]

So far, this has been a nice informative thread...I'd like for it to stay that way. With that said R.B., please refrain from "stirring the pot". I'm here to learn how it's done on the SWA side...no need to rehash all that old AAI BS here.
Thanks for your cooperation.

Good point. I am sure there will be more appropriate threads to talk SLI on (especially considering we are expecting arbitrator Jaffe to rule any day on the first DRC).

 

[737tanker]

For example on my last day of my reserve block I deadheaded one leg back to base arrived about 1300. They could still call me until 2000 to do a turn or possibly JA into an overnight.

If you are a Reserve Line holder you can't be JA'ed. So on your last day of the reserve block you will not be JA'ed into an overnight.

 

[texman]

Are there reserve lines with longer blocks? I will be commuting and would rather do 5-6 days in a row than two groups of 3.

Phred

With FAR 117 coming, yes.

 

[Ty Webb]

Good point. I am sure there will be more appropriate threads to talk SLI on (especially considering we are expecting arbitrator Jaffe to rule any day on the first DRC).

No need to wait. . . . Here's a more appropriate venue for you to go to, where express your opinions right now. . . .

Just like looking in a freakin' mirror, isn't it?

http://youtu.be/gROO7xSTxfY

 

[SWA Bubba]

No need to wait. . . . Here's a much more appropriate forum for you to go to right now. . . .Bet it feels just like looking in the mirror.

http://youtu.be/gROO7xSTxfY

You know, I could be wrong,... but it doesn't seem like Ty Webb seems to appreciate Max Blast's input here....

Aw well, back to the reserve discussion.

Bubba

 

[Flying the Line]

Jackass. How do you find this stuff. Or maybe it's yours, nice filmwork, Ty.

 

[Ty Webb]

You know, I could be wrong,... but it doesn't seem like Ty Webb seems to appreciate Max Blast's input here....

Aw well, back to the reserve discussion.

Bubba

Well, at least one of them had the decency to stop after 42 seconds. . . . We have to listen to the other one ad infinitum!

 

[fam62c]

With FAR 117 coming, yes.

Isn't 30 in 7 still the limiting factor in most cases? Does SW have a lot of short overnights that will need to be lengthened with the new rest rules? I though the all AM or all PM pairings generated longer overnights. I may be missing something here, probably am.....explain?

 

[Bake]

Ty, you owe me a beer. I just blew that one out laughing at that jackass.

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

Ty, you owe me a beer. I just blew that one out laughing at that jackass.

Nevermind the fact that if you are on an overnight, you have to explain to the rest of the crew why you are snorting beer when laughing at a FAT poster while reading FI. I hope you are not reading FI while sitting at a bar on an overnight. FI is better served between legs, when you can't sleep, get home late when wife and kids are asleep, or while waiting patiently for the morning growler to manifest itself.

 

[Ty Webb]

Ty, you owe me a beer. I just blew that one out laughing at that jackass.

If it's in Atlanta, I would highly recommend one of the Sweetwater Brewery's offerings . . . IPA, 420, or the seasonal Lowryder . . . . on tap, of course. :beer: