tnkrdrvr

Yes Reserve guys can pick up open time on their days off.

Two points on this topic when it comes to guys on first year: the first is that Reserve frequently goes senior so you may not be able to hold it (very fleet dependent), the second is that first year pay is so low that financially you are better off pursuing other income sources on your off days. I only played with open time while on Reserve very briefly while on first year as I basically treated first year as a chance to play around with different strategies to maximize income vs time gone. Once off first year pay, if you live in domicile, reserve guys can do very well by picking up open time trips. However, while reserves are usually not tapped to hard, I have done a fourteen day around the world trip off of it. So caveat emptor!