Originally Posted by
iadfo
Ok, this helps. How about agressively picking up trips? How far out is open flying assigned to reserves? Trying to figure out how to do this without a crashpad, I have 9 flights a day from MSY, and a Bonanza that can make it to IAH in 2:10 for a last resort.
A reserve (long call) aggressive pick up is from 9am-11am. Then trips are assigned to A reserves from 11am-12. B reserve (short call) aggressive pick up is 12-1300. Then trips are assigned to B reserves 13:00-15:00. At 15:00 your call out time is given to you for the next day. All times are in local to your domicile. To pick up a trip it must match your reserve days, good for 3 days must pick up a 3 day trip. Good for more than 4 days you can pick up a 4 day is the exception.
You should be ok in iah without a crash pad on the 737. Seems to be a lot of open time to pick up. Hotels are fairly cheap if you get stuck for a few nights.