Originally Posted by
robthree
No, you also imply that you have no empathy for your fellow pilots who will be stuck on reserve when you hold a line.
20% of the company will always be on reserve. Some few by positive choice, some will make the choice balancing obligations, some through no choice. But one out of five of us will always have to be on reserve.
And a half-winger is two sick calls away from looking back on what would have been a great career.
Looking out for your own self interest is fine. Looking out for your own self interest to the detriment of others makes you a sociopath. Or a Smisek.
Love all the noobs on here complaining about reserve....no comparison to how bad it used to be. And now reserves have even more ability to poach the best trips that pop up after 9:00 before lineholders can trade for them with this ridiculous 10:55 run. Yes there are a few minor things that need to be fixed, but give me a break. Reserve is reserve, that's just the way it is, that's the nature of reserve. But it is a cakewalk compared to the days of yore.