Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Rsv picking up on days off would reduce the pool of opentime it would be impossible to trade as a lineholder. The company would be paying everything in open time above guarantee and rsv would do very little on their work days as part of their guarantee. It would also all but eliminate premium pay for everyone.
Pre China virus I bid rsv on purpose usually so this is not just a lineholder perspective.
Our shop rsvs could pick up (pre-Covid) on days off. It was never a problem for lineholders because reserves only have 12 days off and unless it was a day trip, you had to change your entire month schedule to be legal to pick up a trip. Eg, say you want to pickup a 4 day trip. You need 6 off in a row. Day off, add 4 day, day off. Now the rest of the month, you only have 6 more off days. Getting it all spread out exactly as you need it was very tough. I found it easier to add two 2-days separated. Because then you could do a 2-day trip and still have 3 rsv days before or after and be legal.
Bottom like though, it was still tough to move days around and be legal. But there were months I was getting 79 hr reserve guarantee plus getting 21+ hrs for picking up 4 days of extra work. 100+ credit months.