My experience so far. I am based in HOU. For September (My first month of true seniority bidding in my base), I was 3 from the bottom of the FO list. I got a PM reserve line with 3 3-day reserve stints, Th-Sat, and 1 four day stint Th-Sun.



You can only give reserve days away to other pilots willing to pick them up or trade with those same pilots for a trip. I put all my reserve blocks in Give-Away and 1 got taken by another pilot so now I have the last 8 days of the month off. I can pick up a trip from another pilot, or something from open time. I traded the 4 day sequence with another pilot for his 4 day trip. I then traded that trip with the company for a better paying, 4 day trip I liked better.



YMMV depending on base and season as mentioned by others. For October I have 32 (i think) guys below me in HOU. I started in May of this year.