Originally Posted by
Regionalsuck
Yes and it is terrible. They are abusive to the reserves with standby, using a revolving door of standby pilots daily. There is standby lines not many people bid, which you can't be forced into, but if you don't bid it they just call people in to do it every day anyway for 8 hour shifts. As soon as they burn that person, they call the next on the list and so on all day long.
Thanks. Good to know. I don't mind being on reserve for an extended stint, but airport is whole different animal. Especially if you have drive to/from multiple times a week. Trying to avoid that.