The running joke from my new hire class is, “Home every night!” Not. I agree it is the absolute worse reserve system, ever. I too have sat reserve at a regional. Reserve at G4 is constant randomness, on a daily basis. On reserve at my regional, if I was called out on a four day, I was done with crew scheduling. Like a minnie line holder. Then days off afterwards. That’s more than one day off.

No work rules. FARs are it. I’m actually looking forward to January. It will be hilarious to watch. A new software is in the works, to handle 117. It will undoubtedly be a cluster. Crew service personnel will be short-circuiting like crazy. I’m going to love helping re-educate these fine, diligent professionals.