Originally Posted by Cereal Killer

If you can hold a line anywhere else, do it. Reserve is awful as a commuter. In base ,it sucks but is bearable. You will either be flying, on short call or sitting field standby. Every day will be used for something. It’s pretty rare to be on long call. They will always have something for you.

Sure, you can aggressively pick up, but there has to be something for you to pick up. Summer and holidays work, but the off months you’re getting the field standby built at 2000 or later. I would recommend the double commute to a line before commuting to reserve.