At SKW there have been very few reserve lines, since there is a lot of movement and new-hires and upgrades finishing IOE are available for reserve duty. Over the last year it's been pretty busy for those who bid it, but you can work it to your adavantage....

- Reserves are used system-wide, not just at their domicile, so you can negotiate with crew support to pick up trips closer to your home-town.

- Full flying month plus lots of deadheading, so you can credit 110+ hours.

-They staff up reserves for holidays...I bid reserve for January, flew a lot until the holiday rush ended on Jan 15th, then went skiing for two weeks. Got called once for a local turn. My only complaint was the snow s*cked. You might also be able to do this in early Nov, if there's enough snow.