Originally Posted by
ChickHicks
So, there are no pilots on reserve at all? Or is It just guys that want to be on reserve?
No reserve lines. If you get checked out before you can bid on a line for the next month, they give you a build up line with some reserve days and some scheduled trips. But as soon as you bid, you are a line holder.
We don't have reserve at Piedmont, which is good on so many levels. None of that sitting at home/in a hotel waiting for the call BS. Obviously the airline needs reserves for sick calls etc etc. They offer us 3x premium to sit reserve on off days. 16 hours of pay regardless of getting called or not. They did the math and figured it's cheaper to pay us large sums of money than to train an additional 30 pilots to cover our open flying