Our Short call and field standby system leaves alot to be desired. In other words, it's difficult to predict when you will be assigned either. Which means a commute might be necessary to sit reserve. For instance, I had to commute to EWR to sit in a hotel because of the 13 hour rule. Just due to my travel options. You also run the chance of being assigned a 2.5 hour shortcall or field standby on any given day without being able to predict when you will be assigned. There is gamesmanship to aggressively picking those up, but the bottom line is commuting to sit and do nothing sucks. If they had a longer long call, you could comfortably sit from home and not waste time in a hotel or crash pad with the waiting game. If they had a seniority based shortfall or fsb system. We might be able to live a better qol due to personal scheduling. Take note this isn't a complaint at all and we have a great company. There is room for improvement, however. Reserve is mostly a right of passage for us bottom feeders with low seniority.