The new "operational" reserve makes any job outside the traditional Airline Job with its strong USSERA tradition and Protection an impossibility.

All the Non Airline guys with the exception of one are looking to or have bailed from my unit. 90 days orders every year are fine when another line pilot can just take your trips, but if your an engineer or lawyer working on a big project or case its pretty much impossible to tell your boss that you'll be gone for 3 months. The first time he might feel all patriotic and say sure no problem we'll cover for you, but the second and third? Forget it. We are even having a hard time hanging on to Flight Docs. After one activation with another staring them in the face, they are gone.