Originally Posted by
barabek
Because he is smart. If you have weekdays only reserve you're more likely to be pulled because there are only 1 or 2 people sitting reserve for a specific block of days. Weekends, including partial weekends, are staffed generously. I personally have the best experience with Thursday -Saturday AMs, but I can see Sunday-Tuesday PMs can be gold mines too. I'm honestly puzzeled reserve is still achievable at relatively low seniority. I've been bidding reserve exclusively since we got really over staffed, and my income and QOL ratio is better than ever.
I usually bid rsv. Couldn’t hold it Jan-Mar. Even bidding it with a Pass pref I get 5-6 days “off”. All the real Sr. FO’s I’ve talked to who are bypassing said they didn’t want to sit rsv or were playing the premium game. Premium is gone so if you’re gonna bid rsv, why not get an extra $85k a year to do it?
I’ve been stalking the Open Time awards and these guys are still working since their RCO is high from being the most Sr. They’re trying to give their trips away and calling in sick when they can’t. Lol. To each his own....