Originally Posted by
CA1900
You got it, and I hope that'll change in a future contract. Would be nice to be able to drop something in the pool if there are plenty of guys available.
Doing the give-away to other pilots isn't too bad when you have actual trips you want to give away, but reserve blocks are much harder. Except in Jan/Feb to guys like me who live in base and want to get paid to stay home.
Most other months, the reserves get used, so that's not a great strategy.
At least it offers some flexibility. I was actually surprised that my buddies on reserve there were having reserve trips picked up fairly often.