Originally Posted by
BlueScholar
Sitting reserve in domicile is the best gig you can get, especially if it's convenient to get to and from the airport. People here will certainly ***** about getting "jerked around" by being put on short call or field standby a few times a month, but if you're fine with getting paid to sit home I'm sure you'll be happy. My experience with commuting to narrow body reserve the past 2 months has been 1 field standby and 2 short call stints, and I wasn't used on any of them. Not a bad gig if you were hanging out in your living room.
This is totally BES/Seasonally dependent. NB reserve I was breaking 90 hours a month easily, very few unused days unless you got back so late the night before you were basically worthless for the next one. I was by no means getting paid to hang out at home.