Originally Posted by
EFD01
How's the available work been in the Guard/Reserves?
It depends on the unit. If you can go to one with alert lines and a lot of pilots who are senior at the airlines, you could probably make some good money. It seems as though with most of the airlines hiring again, there are less bums than there used to be. So you have to decide whether you want to jump on every active duty day you can or go get that regional job now while it's still available. The guard/reserves and the airlines are on opposite sine waves. As a bum, you can take advantage of the fact that most of the senior guys can make more money at the airlines than coming in and doing an FTP and don't want to take a week of mil leave to jump on a 5-7 day TDY. They'd rather be home.