But are you sitting reserve in PA for LGA/JFK though?

Forgive my grammar as it was a bit off but the idea was specifically for short call.

See to me it would be just as fair for someone sitting SC in NJ to be transported to JFK/LGA from EWR as it would be for the reverse.

Because I'm not trying to end the fun PA/NJ guys have with EWR but I'm focused on all of those being displaced from MEM into NYC and then sooner or later CVG to NYC and in the meanwhile from any other base to NYC to make room for all of the displacements.

Or how about this - how about we add a stipend for NYC based RESERVE crews, no?

I don't think that's unfair. Because where should a NYC pilot sit SC reserve? Should they be near JFK/LGA where a vast majority of their flights will originate and end or EWR? Because if they have cover both then if you sit at one and have to travel to the other it will be time consuming and expensive to cross the verrazanno bridge. I mean let's be honest, the city is the best place for them to sit reserve but if it's too expensive for Delta it's too expensive for those employed by Delta.

So there, option C: A stipend for NYC reserve pilots. $1000/mo? You want to be NYC centric, then pay up, damn place is too expensive to be treated as if it costs the same as mecca. Or even a reimbursement for flights originating out of EWR that goes over guarantee. Say $200 each trip.

BTW, when it comes to hotels I do know that for some management employees at DAL they can have work in the city for several days but the company will not pay for a hotel inside the city. DALPA may. Not the company though. I'm sure they want to cut that bill and that sucks because I love NYC long overnights.