Reserve here does suck IMHO.

We need to eliminate field standby as the only major who has it.

We should be able to pickup as reserves 72 hours out. (We can’t)

We should be able to move reserve days.

We should have at least 14 days off as Delta does, as stated above.

All aspects of the contract need to be definitive with absolutely no gray area for the company to interpret or we get hosed. And….be prepared to get hosed.

These things can and should all happen to benefit the United brand, reliability and the pilots but instead we have NTAC (no talent a$$ clowns) for our negotiators and union leads.

I hope this helps. I’ve been mostly on reserve and there is far too much gray area. Oh, and the guys around you on reserve, they will commit some serious shenanigans to maneuver themselves out of assignments at the last moments. Bank on it.