Originally Posted by Mikeer50

STOP. That’s not the narrative we’re going for!!! If you’re 3 minutes late you get fired and publicly hung in the middle of T5..... the rules say you have 2 hours to report to JFK and 2.5 hours to LGA. In practice as long as you live within 1.5-2 hours drive you should be ok. You get an extra :15 by not immediately answering your phone so that could also help. If you are really running late you could always park in short term ($38 a day?) and save about 30 minutes. I was on reserve for over a year and live about 1:15 away. I probably cut it close once or twice. Our reserve rules are garbage and need to be improved, but if you can drive to work it’s livable. Also, in the slow months find a hobby because you NEVER fly. Hope this helps.