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Old 04-04-2018, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BigWillyCapt View Post
So is it possible to move reserve days at all? Or are you stuck with the line you are awarded?
You can trade with or give it away to other pilots. The fall/winter is easiest and summer harder. I managed to trade almost all of my reserve blocks away for trips or just give them away when I was on reserve. In fact, I’ve only done just a few reserve blocks total since I’ve been here. Once you trade rsv for a trip, you can easily trade that trip for something else. You may have to really work at making a trade, but it can be done. I was able to change an entire month of reserve to a good schedule of flying with no reserve at all more than once. That is probably not typical, but depending on the month it can be done.

Non-commuters like to trade low paying trips for higher paying reserve if they think they won’t get called, so it’s often a last minute (day before) trade and more prevalent during slower months (winter).
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