Originally Posted by
xjsf340fo
If you are sitting reserve at a base where there's no flying, does it make sense to request out-of-base reserve to a base where there is open time in order to maximize/enhance your chances of getting a few turns? DTW - no flying, MSP - several lines of open time.
I realize if you request, you have to pay for hotel, no car, etc... but what about the flying part?
Not a Mesaba pilot but even if you sit reserve at a different base it does not guarantee that you will get it and if they are desperate the will DH to the other base if they need you. I figure as a reserve pilot you will probably never break guarentee so you will be flying for free in a way