Originally Posted by
disenchantMINT
Are you able to exceeded guarantee on either of those equipment types while on reserve?
It's possible through RSA (reserve augmentation) at 6:18 credit per day, but I wouldn't count on it or base my budget on it. FO RSA isn't as common as CA RSA.
Can one credit in the 95-100 hour range first year, if not, what can be the expected credit once off reserve?
Once you're off reserve, yes. However 95-100 will have you working 17-19 days, and many junior trips are uncommutable.
I know the new reserve rules were just put into place, but how easy is it to change your schedule and or swap/drop trips?
From what I'm hearing, not at all. There are reports of people unable to swap from a 3-day to a 4-day over the same days, and also from two 2-days into a 4-day over the same days. Therefore I'd imagine swapping into different days is next to impossible under our industry leading scheduling provisions.
Agreed. Schedule flexibility at JB depends on your seniority to get a good schedule award. After you get your monthly schedule, it's VERY hard to turn a bad schedule into a good one. Good trips aren't available in open time and you can't drop bad trips because the reserve grid (needed to drop or change your days worked) is ***ABSOLUTELY*** ***RED***. Period. Can't drop a "red" day.