Originally Posted by
ugleeual
I’ve been on global reserve as a Captain for over 2 years… with another 2 years in the right seat of the 777 many many moons ago. Global reserve isn’t as horrible as many on here try to portray. Can it be better? Of course... always can have improvements. Do they roll every day off? No… an average month I have maybe one or two days max moved. Should pilots be compensated for rolling days off? Most definitely. Based on all my conversations with other captains and FOs the linchpin to what makes global reserve horrible is being a commuter. If you live within 2.5 hours of your base then life is pretty good… if you have to fly in then it sucks real bad.
You think it's "not that bad" because you haven't worked under any other airlines reserve rules, or at least not for "many moons". Having 2 days off moved per month is the exact opposite of normal for any other airline, even the regionals. People are not trying to portray reserve on here as anything besides what it is. We have the worst reserve rules of any major airline and most regionals. 6 moveable days off (global), unlimited short calls with early release that makes you both a short call and long call reserve every day, FSB, no ability to trade reserve days with other pilots, no ability to pickup OT on days off, targeting of reserves with the silo system, heavily manipulated pool coverage that makes it impossible to move reserve days, etc etc etc. Maybe you should ask pilots at other airlines why reserve goes senior, even to commuters.