I was Jetblue for several years and came to Yonited , was reserve for nearly a year.

The problem with asking this question is you’ll get a dif answer from each person as we all experience it differently.

My year spent on reserve wasn’t near as bad as I was expecting it . I was home more often than I ever expected with long call as well as being released early . I feel I was lucky and talked to good schedulers who had a soul to allow me to go home dam near every time I asked. EWR 320 guy speaking. I have heard awful stories of guys from LAX/SFO getting treated much much differently as in worse.

I easily was home as much on reserve at United than a line holder at Jetblue . That being said I was also a high credit guy at Jetblue so I did work more days than average .

Florida commuter which is a booty commute . But I made it work . ESP cause of Jetblue lol .

I did read some of the bullet points you guys have on the AIP. Some are great , some we need here .

That being said . I agree times change, short calls here are being abused more than when I even first started. Also a 757 guy in EWR has a entirely dif story compared to a guy like me on the 320.

Congrats on making the jump over to those who have. I did it last April and don’t regret it for a second .