Originally Posted by Tom a Hawk

As someone who sat reserve for my entire time at silver, this loa would be a pay CUT, not raise. The three hour credit and the 150% or release over 70.5 were the only ways I got over guarantee. Those soft pay rules netted me 10% of my pay. So reserve captains will make less, FOs about neutral. Also the current contract doesn't have a lot of rules for reserve, times can be switched at will, in the month to month transition they could have you on 13 days in a row and just give you the required break somewhere. But the one rule that should absolutely not be given up is that a reserve's day off is immovable without his consent. They own you from midnight on day one to midnight on the last day. Don't let them have your scheduled days off too.