Originally Posted by
pitchattitude
While on reserve I had a two day 12 hour trip followed next sequence by a five day 10 hour trip. Awful tough to break guarantee on reserve like that. And as pointed out, no daily guarantee, just the 75 for the month. You can bust your butt for a couple days, but a few slow days makes it all for naught.
That's reserve pretty much anywhere. Unless the airline is disastrously understaffed, which brings other QOL issues.
Thankfully we have rules that prevent the worst abuse of reserves.