Originally Posted by Jesse

From the captains I talk to the stagnation over the past 5 years stands out to them. I don't know how long a pilot could expect to be on reserve before 2000, but these days it's 4 - 5 years. Different times, different results.

A senior reserve pilot could expect to fly even less than some junior reserves here report (e.g. pretty little), but that's not good enough? Yes, the bucket sizes need to be smaller, and the number of buckets greater. The company would easily adjust to smaller buckets; it's DALPA that's going to want to keep them as big as they are.