Unfortunately it doesn't matter how much of your butt you want to fly off. Scheduling will only send you over guarantee if they feel like it. When things are really tight it happens often but you have no control over it. Unless you want to slip something into pilots' drinks who's trips start at the beginning of your reserve day's.

At ASA you can select the call-me-first option but in my experience makes little to no difference. There is language in our current contract that a reserve pilot may be skipped in the bucket list to be called if the assignment would send them over guarantee.

Reserve at a regional is designed to be worked under for a few months but, at ASA, reserve runs about 4.5 years seniority deep on the senior airplane. You will alway's make much less money on reserve than as a line holder. For me, I lose around $1,200 take home each month that I end up on reserve, but that's because I usually fly a lot when I can because I'm alway's trying to make up for reserve months.