Thanks Astaz!
Some followups:
1. Not especially. However bid results are routinely posted, and some bases are more senior than others. SFB and PIE, are more senior (generally) than PGD, VPS, SAV, and FLL. Reserve here can be great or terrible. Reserve in VPS for example, you probably won't be used a whole lot, but in SFB, you are likely to get send via car/limo all over the state to cover flying, or do rescue flights. Reserve in some some bases is Amazing, and in others, terrible.
Could you say more about what makes it terrible in some bases?
5. We do have reserve shifts you can bid. Generally something like 0330, 0930, 1200, 1500 reserve start times. When you are phone liable, they CAN move your reserve period on subsequent days for "operational need". Seems to happen most on your last day of your block when you can self release after 8 hours. Nothing scientific to that, just seems to happen A LOT.
I'm not familiar with the terminology here...last day of your block? As in a day on shift? This will explain the answer for 8 too :-)
Thanks again!