Originally Posted by IFLYPLANEZBRO

Ok well first off I don't believe they can extend rap + 16 unless that was recently changed. And reserve is reserve man. If they put you up in a hotel in another base to be on reserve there they can do that. You are a back up pilot. Also I'm pretty sure the longest they can put you on ready is 4 hrs. It might have been 6? I remember guys in my crash pad working for transtates that had to do 12 hr ready reserve shifts. And they did it back to back days.

But yes I agree with you being on call is a huge hit on qol. Hence why I won't do corporate flying. But really there is no need to act like reserve at Skywest is THE WORST THING EVER. Cause it's not man.

There are definitely a few things they could change to make it better. Like call in senority order instead of jr to senior and give the senior guys the option of picking it up until everyone below him is used. That would be cool for if you are trying to break guarantee.

And proffering as you mentioned. Also set up required reserves based on something. That way the number doesn't change willy nilly. So that line holders can drop and trade more reliably.

How it is right now isn't horrible but yes it could be better for the pilots.