Originally Posted by Baradium

Delta reserves get days off, number of days off varies by the average line value for that month as well as percentage of category on reserve (more reserves net you an extra day off). Some categories had 15 days off for reserves for April. SEA 737 was at 13 (the minimum for a 30 or 31 day month). Reserve still didn't reach the plug in the category. Delta also allows you to put as many days of reserve together as you want, so those 13-15 days off can be in one block. The company will assign extra time off as needed to maintain legality (usually a day and a half off every 3-4 days to keep you legal for 4 day trips). All reserves are long call, you can only be escalated to short call 6 times in a month. Short call call-out is "proximate to the airport." That is generally understood to be within around 2 hrs in ok traffic, rush hour it's whenever you can, there is no hard limit. If you are escalated to short call and not used you get an extra hour of credit added.

I have 17 days off next month (counting 2 5am releases and an 11pm show as work days) at around 77 hours credit. Commutability varies by base and base makeup (bases with more commuters tend to get more commutable trips). Next month I have what I think will be my first trip at the company that isn't commutable on the back end if I don't swap it (there is one in open time I can swap with). I'm around 85% seniority in Seattle. The plug in Seattle has a 16 day off line at 75 hrs credit for April, 10 from the bottom has 18 days off at 75 hrs credit on a front loaded schedule (off from the 17th on, the 1st of May is part of the April bid month).

It seems that the very top of the seniority list at Alaska holds a somewhat similar schedules to what we get at Delta, the big difference is with everyone else. Don't let Kotzebue discourage you from getting something better. He appears to have decided that getting any improvements will result in a pay loss for him and is focused on that.