Originally Posted by
ugleeual
in a nutshell you only get 6 protected days off… the other 12 days can be rolled as necessary to compete a trip assigned. You still have to get 12 days off per month… so they just keep rolling your days off until they can’t anymore.
Global reserve only sucks IMO when you are a commuter… not bad if you live within 2.5 hours short call drive time.
As someone who could hold a junior WB FO spot, is there any bidding strategy that would let you protect days other than the 6 HDO’s? I can’t stomach not being able to buy concert tickets or make plans with out of town friends outside of a six day window each month.
For example at my last shop, who junior manned all the time, if I had an important event I’d pick up or bid six days of flying prior to the day I wanted off so they couldn’t legally roll me.