Having worked at a previous airline that had long call reserve, believe me long call guys will get worked and worked a lot. It is in the company's best interest to use those guys first when able and trust me they will. Especially since they can now assign reserve trips 48 hrs in advance.

At first everyone thinks long call is a free month to sit at home and harly work. But trust me that won't be the case.

If you pass up a line for long call, in my opinion that is not very smart, but if you're senior to me please go ahead.

Don't get me wrong if you are already a reserve guy it's not a bad gig especially for reserve commuters but definitely not good enough to by pass a line.