Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
Fun fact: I'm not sure about other places, but XJT has a "call me first"/Will Fly option for reserves that want to fly. Means what it sounds like: "Will Flies" get called first before other reserves with the same days of availability and phone liability time. From my experience, it didn't seem to matter if I selected the Will Fly option or not. Seemed like staffing was either fat or thin but never just right. If it's fat, expect to fly 40-65 hours. If it's thin, expect to fly 90-95.
Ha I stopped doing will-fly when they kept pulling me for ready reserve first and they would give me the 1st trips that came up, which were usually the worst ones. Deadhead to somewhere to repo a plane down for MX = deadhead and sit for 4 hours then fly 45 minutes back to a hub.