Originally Posted by Mach Indicator

Don't get me wrong, flying for a regional airline is an underpaid job.
XJT pays more than Great Lakes, if you don't have an ATP already like most people applying would not. XJT also pays more that Mesa and Cape Air, even if you're going to fly the ATR at Cape Air. Everyone else that flies CRJ200s pays more that XJT though.

I don't think I made my punctuation clear regarding getting paid the greater of credit or block time. That was not meant to refer to deadheads, just operating. Some companies don't pay the greater of credit or block when operating flights. As far as deadheads go, XJT pays 100% vs 80%, 50% or 0% like some other companies.

As for what I've seen with the number or Ready Reserves, you can count on doing all 6 if you have the 4AM or Noon start time. It' been less than 50% of the months with the other start times (I have no data on 1800 and 1900 start times). It is true that the company and pilots/union disagree on what constitutes a Ready Reserve; the contract says you can't be scheduled for more than 6 and the company maintains that if you didn't at least start that Ready Reserve, it doesn't count.

L-XJT does have many better things in their contract than ASA-XJT does, but they don't have a base in ATL as the original poster was asking about.