Originally Posted by
redjay14
Don't forget that if you commute to base and you are on reserve, you'll be sitting in a crash pad instead of home for weeks a month (depending on how EXJ uses you). It makes a huuuge difference to sit at home vs in a crash pad or apartment away from home so much.
This. Commuting to reserve and just sitting for weeks in a crashpad with 12 other people was its own special hell. I never wanted to quit so bad. 3 weeks away from home with little to no privacy and flying maybe 10 hours a month for a year was terrible. Still I stuck through it and it got better with a line and seniority. When I upgraded and went back to the bottom, I just signed for an apartment with flexible leases. No more than 6 months at a time. Sitting reserve now is soooo much better.