Regarding reserve
- In a 31 day bid month reserve lines have 12 days off, 30 day month = 11 as kfahmi said
- Reserve lines are hard lines to bid for
- There is a formula that determines the ratio of long call to short call that they must build, as I recall it is something like 1 long call for every 4 short call lines
- Short call lines tend to be split evenly in the bid between AM & PM and that schedule applies for the whole month
- The number of reserve lines built is a function of how many pilots are in the domicile and how many anticipated lineholders there are. The difference is the number of reserve lines, so that will vary month to month with block hours and staffing levels in each domicile.