Originally Posted by
krudawg
I'm not sure why you are dumping on reserves so hard. The only nugget for reserves is an occasional good trip and of course, on some fleets, enjoying a few extra days off per month. Other than that life sucks as a reserve. Do you want to take away the only good deal a reserve has because you somehow feel slighted IF you were a lineholder?
I am a reserve pilot! So I guess I'm dumping on myself? Duh. What I'm saying is that I'm looking to the future (yes, I know it's hard for some of us pilots to look beyond today's events), when I become a solid line holder I'd like to have that trip trade window do one last run at 10:30am local time. So why not offer that now to the current line holders. Make our seniority worth something.
Example. This month I did 2 Beijing, 1 Delhi, and had a carry in from a Frankfurt. So I worked 13 days for 94:30 pay. Now look up the EWR 777 FO lines and tell me how many line holders can pull that stunt with their pre awarded lines.
I'm not bragging, but what I'm proving is that the system is flawed.