Originally Posted by
disco inferno
I agree with the living in base part. I have never been TDY'd though. Straight out off of IOE I was getting mixed and pure lines. I have never had a month of straight reserve. Usually more senior guys bid reserve in the slow months as a "vacation" since you're not likely to get used much.
Agreed with this. I'm a fairly new hire and live in a junior base and only spent a few days on reserve and now hold a pure flying line and in the top 45% of my base in less than 2 months. West coast is pretty senior so FL generally has the most junior bases and the most movement.