Originally Posted by
highfarfast
If you're an FO on the 175 and don't want to be forced upgraded to the 145, it makes sense to slow play your flight time by bidding reserve at least some if you don't have 800 hours yet.
OH! And the 800 hour part only applies through Feb 28 so no reason to even worry the LOA that forces 800-950 hour FOs to fly anymore. So if you want to delay upgrade, bid reserve even if you already have 800 hours.
Yeah I believe a big part of the senior reserve guys are playing this game.
Looking at the 3XP, there's an interesting hump of semi-senior pilots bidding reserve, and a bunch of people junior to them all holding lines.
If you don't want to fly and you live in base, being a senior reserve guy probably doesn't suck much. You'll never get called, and if something interesting is available for proffering, you'll likely get it.
What I don't get are the top 5 guys at DFL, who could hold lines as DCLs by their seniority already.