Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
You only have 28 FOs in your fleet/base/seat. SFO 787FO has 333 there's probably 10-15 FOs that bid reserve and they are all right at the G-Line so I'm not even sure if they are doing it on purpose.
I think the real question should be if reserve is so good why is WB FO so junior?
Also let me know what those inconsistencies are because everyone of those was PDR'd and FODM'd and I lost every single argument.
I'm lower than 28 in my fleet/base/seat. But there are senior Capts that also bid reserve in my fleet/base.
WB FO is junior? In EWR and SFO, but everything's junior in EWR and SFO.
Hmm. You lost every argument. That should tell you that you need to dig through the contract a bit. Start with LCs vs SCs flying into days off - it's in the contract.
As far as being called for SC, I'm almost always called at decent waking hours, not midnight.
For strange hour SCs, I've asked schedulers about them before. New schedulers won't know, but I've always been given logical answers from experienced schedulers.
I'm not ecstatic about reserve but I bid it with eyes wide open. I've learned to make it work for me.