Open time is in a pot, and you can request it. They’ll usually just say “Thanks, we will put you on the list”. No one seems to know exactly what that list is or how it’s determined who gets it. Myself and others never get anything we put in a request for, some people are able to stay out on open time constantly.

Pay depends. For working on your day off, you get volunteer (VOL) pay of 4 hours. If you’ve worked over 16 days in the month, you also get 3.75 hours of RIG pay. So you can either make 4 hours of pay or 7.75 hours ( 4 VOL + 3.75 RIG= 7.75), depending on how many days you’ve been out.