Originally Posted by
Airhoss
You know what???????
Just a month or two ago, right here on this United page, right here on APC. Some ignoramuses made a comment as to the effect that we don't need to fix reserve BECAUSE anybody who's on reserve did it to themselves therefore deserve what they get. My point EXACTLY was that; NO!! sometimes when things aren't good with the airline industry that you can become totally accidentally a reserve guy for a LONG LONG time against your will. That is why reserve needs to be fixed.
Since I being hired in 2000, I've held a line ~8 months total. Maybe as high as 10 months. I'd definitely like to see reserve improvements. But I'll say this one more time: what one reserve considers to be an onerous reserve rule, many times there's another reserve who loves that rule. So while 'fixing' reserve sounds great, different reserve pilots are going to want different 'fixes' to reserve.
An example of this is short call. Commuters hate it. Locals LOVE it. And the current LC to SC conversion is more lucrative than the old pure LC or SC lines, especially since scheduling has found SC to be more flexible than LC.
There aren't many (any?) no-cost changes to reserve that will be considered improvements by everyone.