Originally Posted by
hoserpilot
Well I had a plane with a seat with my name on it ready to deadhead home. I spent twenty minutes on the phone with scheduling and reroute. They both had managers on the phone talking to each other and said I had to fly into my day off. Everybody on the phone knew about the golden day. They also knew I had a nice cozy seat on a plane. I was not stuck, the weather was great. The company just needed the best

, and only, pilot available!
Yes, and you get nothing in return. I am thankful there where a lot of improvements made to the reserve rules/pay over the last year, but I'm still irked by the fact that a reserve pilot is always subject to flying into days off without any compensation.