Originally Posted by
FlewNavy
Reserves on global fleets is not a good lifestyle for family with small kids because you can never count on your days off really as "days off" except for 6 days per month that we call Holy Days Off. Imagine thinking your last day of reserve is your last day of work and then being told you are flying a 6 day trip starting 13 hours later.
Did a little WB reserve a long time ago under a different contract, so take this FWIW: I live just over an hour from the employee lot. It was WONDERFUL. As FN says, you can't count on your days off, but reserve utilization on WB fleets is historically relatively low. Best barometer is probably 2019, but new hires will go to a NB first and have some time to sort out what WB reserve utilization is like. That's the perspective of someone who lives in base. Obviously (hopefully) you don't want to commute to reserve any longer than you have to.