Originally Posted by
Hrkdrivr
And, if you’re able to respond quickly, even being junior, and GS are flying (category dependent), flying GS on reserve Xdays means more money and less work than flying a regular line.
Yes, that‘s a “compound-if,” but when it works you’ll seen senior pilots on reserve and junior ones forced into lines. YMMV
Ya man, bidding reserve as a senior dude who lives in base is about as good as it gets. There are some things I'd like changed wrt reserve, but that could be said about anything. You're right, we've seen junior guys forced into a line more than a few times. Even when I wasn't forced into a line, I could almost always get a line as a bottom 10% WB B.
Originally Posted by
tcco94
Why is everyone shocked by that drop?
Because, at least in the last 7ish year, it's never happened. Happy to see it! Smart on their part as they can smooth out the training across the fleets by not handcuffing themselves to particular numbers per jet. Having the base choices is a nice addition to the drop.