Originally Posted by
saturn
But either way..reserve doesn't have to be a paycut...just pick up stuff on an off day (if your not commuting). I was probably home twice as much on reserve vs having a line..and many months by picking stuff up I made > or = the pay i'd make on line. Went 5 months at one point without having a 4 day trip and being one of the most junior pilots in domicile. So its not all bad
Reserve on the brasilia is a bit different lately. The domiciles are small. Picking stuff up on off days is hardly ever an option. It's been almost a year now since we've had a good number of trips in open time. Looking at open time for my domicile now I see only a couple of standups total for the whole rest of the month of June and it's only the 6th. Not a single crew trac trip on there either.
I went 3 months without flying at one point on reserve on the Bro and was call first the entire time. I mostly got called for TDYs being call first. It's nice to be paid to sit around doing nothing, but the paychecks hurt.