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Originally Posted by Rather B. Flyin
1. What is the chance of getting based here in Houston right out of the box? I have friends who are senior captains at XJET now (or have moved on to CAL) and I remember one had to go to CLE and one to EWR, but two who got IAH. The other two were able to come home to Houston after about 6 months or so. How does all that work?
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That's a shot in the dark as to get assigned where you want to go right of the bat. Hopefully the policy will change but as of right now we have base requests every 2 months so you should be able to get back to IAH soon, since training is down there you already have those days at home.
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2. Even bigger, I remember my buddies being on reserve. Many days suiting up and showing up, only to warm a chair in the crew room and never go anywhere. What kind of time is spent (wasted?) like this? How long is someone generally on reserve these days? I'd like to be able to continue working in my other profession as necessary but it would be a little difficult to be in my office if I had to loiter around the airport for days on end. Do you get paid for hanging around the airport in case they need you?
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You don't SUIT up for days on reserve. You can sit at home and play with your kid for all they care. You just need to be able to show up in 2 hours if they call you. Your call window is generally 15 hours, but if they haven't called you in the first 8 you probably won't get a call unless its for the next day. This is because your duty hours start at the beginning of your call window so they can't really use you at the end of it.
The only time you suit up is on airport standby, which they may assign you on once or twice a month during one of your reserve days. On reserve you get a minimum 75 hours of pay, so the only motivation to fly is to pick up the extra per diem or fly over 75 hours. The latter is tough, so don't waste time trying to when you can be at home instead.
To tell you the truth I love reserve and I have to commute. 12 days of a month is a lot. Basically its a 4 day work week with 3 days off. What regular job gives you that?
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3. Lastly, I've seen that 600/100 are the published minimums for XJET but then I've heard stories about people with even less time getting interviews. Any truth to that? How hard and fast are those mins? I also hear variations in the number of pilots being hired each month, but it will probably be next summer before I get 100 hrs. multi time anyhow.
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You can throw your app in but unless they are struggling to find guys they will stick by those numbers. My advice is to get the multi right now since SENIORITY is everything.
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4. Anything I'm overlooking and really need to consider about doing this?
Thanks again!
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