Originally Posted by
Thunder1
Are you serious? That's total BS. Nice to know that little gem. Even at lowly SWA a guy on reserve that picks up an open time trip is paid separately from his reserve guarantee. There is no link between his reserve block and the open time pickup. IE - you get paid for flying extra for the company. I'll take my 15 year upgrade over that POS part of your contract. BTW -- I'm furloughed United with recall rights -- hope to be able to stay put at SWA with those kind of work rules.
You're saying that if you're on reserve at SW and you pick up a trip (ON your reserve days), you get paid for that trip over and above the reserve guarantee? By picking up the trip, you're making yourself unavailable for reserve duty. Why would you get paid for the trip you pick up AND for being on reserve (when you're no longer on reserve).
Like Dave said, it's always been that way at UAL (and every other major airline that I know of). Picking up trips on reserve just gives a person more control over their schedule which makes commuting WAY more tolerable.