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maybe youre right, i'm just looking at my category that went from 104 reserves to 70 something. That happens when the alv drops but it was a big drop. then when you flip through the lines you see a fair number of mid 60 hour lines.
I'm just thinking there seems to be an interest in getting the avg reserve hours up from 45 to closer to the pbs hiring requirement. i mean sure youre limited on the international ops by its nature and the need to never risk a cancelled flight due to crews. But on the domestic side i doubt zero hour reserve is acceptable and with the buckets that can happen. or put it this way, a 777 reserve pilot is worth their pay even if they dont fly just to be available if needed, i dont think i am worth my pay to them if i dont fly.
i just think their play will be more sc and fewer reserves with low alvs. thats way its a moo point but still i will argue we should hve only focused on sc and pcs improvements and not lc buckets where seniority was already honored.
Not a grammar nazi, but you must be posting on an iphone because you keep saying moo point and it is moot point. I know I've had my share of misspellings.
On the 777, senior reserves skate out of short call and callouts too. Junior reserves do 6 sc's a month.
I think readily available pilots are gold to schedulers in every category...I think they'd like to have everyone live in base and be on s/c 24/7.
Being on reserve can be a good deal - like you had last winter. It can also be a bad deal because daily credit stinks - hard time is hard to come by domestically on reserve - the deck is stacked against you. I have had domestic months like Elvis had and I was younger. They still kicked my butt. Put yourself in the miserable shoes of a commuting reserve narrowbody domestic pilot.
The only thing a domestic reserve pilot can hope for is to not work, but we all know hope rarely materializes into reality.