Another ludicrous post with no factual basis. Lets just talk majors for the sake of simplicity. Ask about reserve rules at UA and AA. Ask how many days a month an AA pilot sits reserve. Ask buds at other majors if they can swap/drop reserve days. Ask buds at other majors if they can drop R days for trips or pick up flying on days off. If you are going to post at least come with some facts. Could we make some simple changes to make reserve better? Of course, but stating lies wont help our argument. If you claim reserve to be so bad why does it go so senior when we are properly staffed?

In the negotiations opener document I see “create a preferencing option for pilots on reserve (25.M). This would definitely be an improvement. We already have a “first fly” preference, but I would guess this would allow a reservist to preference a specific trip.