Originally Posted by
nwaf16dude
I don't doubt that you are right. I'm 500ish numbers senior to you, so the LOA is effecting me a little differently. I'm sure they will catch up to me eventually, but I could have grown a very nice beard between my last two days at work, counting short calls. Things will change, and I'm sure we'll get back to a point where most reserves are getting heavily used, but I'd much rather do it for 75-80 hours of pay vs. 70.
If they promise me 99 hours per month (ALV+15) I'll bid reserve. That way, I'll get a month or two off due to the 1000 hours per year limitation, and I'll be rich. One other thing, a lot of FNWA pilots liked the 80+ hours and the time and a half that was associated with that over 80 hours per month. That would cause a manning change too, with everyone going for any open time to get that extra time and a half pay. They wouldn't need any reserves, just whiteslips. It would be a free for all, and it probably was up there in priority on the survey.