I don't have a chart or recall every detail, but talking to friends at AA, DAL, Fedex, and SWA, all of whom are hired within the past 3 years like me, our overall reserve rules are pretty good, with the exception of rolling days off on Global Reserve and seemingly random conversion of long call to SC and FSB.

Aggressive pickup and SC/FSB pickup is not duplicated elsewhere. Some have a similar VDO. (Dal?) Some places you can volunteer to fly first (Fedex/AA?). But some have no long call like SWA and i understand it is always done like a FSB. You can even get called to help clean a jet or go reduce the population at nearby animal shelters. (One of those is a rumor and one is a joke)

Having been on reserve my whole time at UAL not by choice but having moved to base entering year 3, reserve improvements were my number 1 issue. But trading the 10am start day 1 without any other large change is a nonstarter. It is the only commuting protection we have. Glad they stopped there on that issue. Suggest union and Company discuss parameters for SC/FSB conversion or add pay for each one. FSB should be paid no matter what. Dal has their Global day off conversion like a VDO with 50% add pay. These have a cost, one that might be mitigated by ability to bid pure SC and LC lines.

Will let the NC work that out eventually, but the strong sentiment of reserve is a choice really surprised me along with the lack of negotiating prowess of this NC. Those two issues made me a YES voter for now until i can see if the new MEC/NC is much better. Too much money to bet on folks who consider reserve a choice and start negotiations at their target pay raise.

Why do we not hire professional Negotiators again?