Originally Posted by tsquare

Interesting. So somewhere between 10 and 16 days/month is the sweet spot. What would that number be in your case? How many days/month would you be willing to work on reserve and be happy. Not flaming.. just asking.

Also, you have hit on something else that I don't think many realize either. Reserve differences due to seasonality, and how short calls are assigned. I find it really interesting that during the high op tempo months of summer (at least in my category) you will see 2-3 or so SC's per day, yet the flying has increased dramatically. In the winter months, when flying has throttled back considerably, we have MORE guys sitting SC. Why is that? Wouldn't an increase in flying during the summer months require a corresponding increase in SC requirements? Logic would tell me that it would because you have more opportunities for last minute sick outs... All of this tells me that there is NO.. as in zero logic to the assignation of said short calls. But all is well, we are gonna allow 7/month...