Although a certain base is considered “senior“ here, it does not mean what that may mean at a legacy. We’re talking months not years to get your base of choice. We bid for seat/base monthly and historically there are openings in nearly every slot each month. Under our old contract time on reserve (only time you’d need a crash pad in LAS) was abnormally low due to the flexibility reserve allowed. This led to more senior pilots bidding it. Not sure if that’s still the case since we are now limited on reserve drops. We do now have a “long call reserve” of which I know nothing about other than you could do it from LA once able to hold it. Once you’re not spending multiple nights on end in LAS there are hotels cheap enough to avoid a full on crash pad.