Originally Posted by
chrisreedrules
You could conceivably build yourself some sort of CDO line if you were a round 1 line holder. But you could also build yourself a much better line than a CDO line if you were in that position... I put a CDO into my line next month. No one here seems to like them, but it worked well for me because I had stuff to do both of the days and it will allow me to do that and still make some money. 77 hour line with 15 days off next month. First break I've taken in a while and I'm looking forward to it.
Most people leave them in open time as part of an informal agreement to hope that they go to a junior man situation. If you pick up a CDO via a junior man call, you get paid 14 hours to fly it.
Also, if they go to someone on SCR, then they get the day before it and after it off. It works better for them, and it burns a reserve each day, making it more likely that days will go critical or that they JRM.