Originally Posted by
rvfanatic
Being bunkie is not junior, being a RESERVE bunkie is junior. One of the best parts of international is the commutability. Many pilots commute up day of, fly night departure to Europe and return two days later just after lunch then commute home. Contrast that with 18 days on call for global reserve with no scheduled line in sight and living in a crash pad.
or, if you live 45 minutes from the airport having the month off month after month becuase all the open flying gets picked up.
WB reserve living in base is possibly the best job at the airline. (3 trips in 8 months for me)