[QUOTE=PeezDog;1163749]So I was talking to the guy I was flying with last week and he brought up a good point. His point was that sometimes senior FO's forget or don't care about reserve rules. Whenever it is a contract comes up for vote, please don't ignore this part of the contact. Remember, when you upgrade, you will be on reserve again. I hope everyone takes this into consideration, but we all know most senior CA's don't care.

Everyone should care regardless of seniority. Every line holder that is not being extended or junior manned is getting to leave on time and keep his or her day off because a reserve pilot is pulling the slack. The company maintains operational integrity because the reserves are out there covering things. Now I realize we won't get any help from the company. Far from it. Our scheduling is hostile to crews in general and reserves in particular. But I would hope we could get some support from those who will never again, and many who never have, sit reserve.

To the ExpressJet side, get ready for the ASA scheduling people to systematically exploit every possible loop hole in your contract and erode your QOL. Iron clad contract language is the only answer.