Enjoy your sailing! Again, we all have different paths to pursue. I bid reserve this month, then dropped three on call days! I am at 60 hours.

On the other hand, a year ago when I was flying ATL 7ERB I picked up a GS...one leg to JAX, layover 11 hours, one leg home. I hardly realized that I was gone at all, and I got an extra 21 hours pay. I spend a lot more time at home than most commuters ever do, even with the occasional GS.

Then there is the strategy of bidding reserve and then putting in GS. It only really works if you have severe undermanning and know that you can get multiple GS. Because of the payback day provision, I have met guys doing the "Rolling Thunder" who fly 70 hours and get paid twice that! Of course you have to have pretty much infinite schedule flexibility at home, which I don't have!