Originally Posted by
PotatoChip
How often are junior (bottom 5%) 765 reserves being used? Are they expecting a call every reserve stretch? Seems like there would be a lot fewer call outs on those trips, and fewer uncovered segments in general…
Well since it's back to 99% international, if you bid accordingly you can probably avoid a lot of reserve flying.....ie bid 4 day weekday blocks and not used by day one or two pretty hard to fit you into the flow. Precovid, the summers were so busy that reserve would go Senior because with the high ALV, many would take the 80hrs for the chance of catching a trip or two. Junior pilots couldn't hold reserve during summers. During the winter you could go months without a trip if you bid strategically.