Originally Posted by CX500T

I commute from ORF.

I actually care more about specific days off than line/reserve so I quite often was one of the senior guys on 'normal' reserve at 85% pre covid. If you looked at the wide, you'd have a few senior guys who bid to roll thunder or not work, then a bunch of line holders, the occasional reseve then if be right on the "crappy line or reserve mostly on days I want it" zone.

I'd do long call at home and only go up if I got short call. I've stayed in NYC because while there are more direct atl flights, there are still times I can't make legal callouts.

NYC if I get a 12 hour call right as the last flight is leaving (I'm 20 minutes from ORF) I can still drive, (6 hours) go to my crash pad and sleep and make it easily.

I wasn't senior enough to never get called, so I'd yellow slip Europe and Africa. Dozing for dollars and surfing in Dakar.

Line side, I'd bid MEX a lot, try to get 3 in a row or swap with pot to get there. At the time MEX was uncommutable on the front and tight on the back. Legal to do back to back, but if you were delayed more than 30min which was common, you'd get removed with pay. If it was the middle trip I'd hang out in NYC and fish for GS if coverage was thin or WS a day turn on the 2nd day if those were there but good reserve coverage. If 3rd trip was removed id just go home.



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