Yeah, when these guys complain about reserve, they are not exaggerating by any means. It really is terrible. I spent roughly my first 2 years on reserve and can personally vouch for how it is described.

After 5 years here, things have certainly improved for me. 14-15 days off, 90ish hour credit at $39 and some change/hr. All commutable trips. Its shouldn't take this long for someone to stop hating their job, but unfortunetly it does here. Hopefully we can get a new contract soon that would ease the pain for JR guys.