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That being said, you will not get airport standby every day even as the most junior guy on the reserve list. Can you get it quite a bit? Absolutely. But to say you will get it every day is an exaggeration. Once you get a little seniority on the reserve list and have a decent number of folks under you, it is possible to to sit at home on a RAP (2 hour call out) and not get called.
If you are on reserve and COMMUTE then reserve is worse than you have ever read on these forums. Originally Posted by FullThrust
Let me be the first to say that with anything you read on any online forum it is never as bad as people say it is, and it is also never as good as people say it is. That being said, you will not get airport standby every day even as the most junior guy on the reserve list. Can you get it quite a bit? Absolutely. But to say you will get it every day is an exaggeration. Once you get a little seniority on the reserve list and have a decent number of folks under you, it is possible to to sit at home on a RAP (2 hour call out) and not get called.
If you don't commute and live in base and reserve is staffed appropriately then it's not bad.