Originally Posted by
wt932051
Reserve has 3 shifts. RS1=4am to 4pm, RS3=Noon to midnight, and RS4 7pm to 7am. RS4 goes junior and only awarded to one maybe two guys a month, so forget it until you are really senior.
As for RS1 and RS3, be prepared to sit Ready Reserve every day at the airport for 8 hours if you are not flying. It gets pretty old very quick.
Couple things here, I bid reserve because I live in base. (I can hold a good line with weekends off but I rather not fly and make my 75 hour guarantee. I've flown a total of 13 hours this month.)
I never have to do Ready as I bid CML and I'm the most senior guy.
Also where are people award RS4? I have never seen that awarded or offered in the ORD or IAD bases.