Originally Posted by treefiddy

I don't even care about the loss of 8 hours. I spend more to be in position to be on reserve than what 8 hours would pay. I haven't met min credit on reserve ever. What about the commuting to sit and not fly and pay for a hotel in base? You will spend more than 8 hours to do that. I try to drop reserve days to make up the difference. This month the reserve buffer was increased so I am not allowed to do that. What gives? I would gladly drop 50% of my month with less pay to not do this. This past summer we could drop whatever with the reserve buffer at 5 pilots with 16-20 available. Not the case anymore. It looks like for October it is the same story with less flying.