Originally Posted by Han Solo

Agreed. Personal choice/strategy whether you go for 2 4-day availability periods or a single 8 day. My point at the beginning is most NB pilots aren't expecting a 6 day trip to even be a possibility, so the 8 days of availability wasn't that big a deal.

I'd really like to see us eliminate covering trips with out of base reserves. If we do use OOB RES, then let's at least get them premium pay for the convenience to the company.