Originally Posted by
Stinger6
This. I don't work. People think I exaggerate. I do not. I sit Global Reserve, pick up as many short calls as I can, and do not go in. Months go by. Been rolled once, for one day.
The pilots who complain about Global Reserve seem to fall into one of three categories:
1) Pilots who do not work here
2) Pilots who are not ON Global Reserve
3) Very junior pilots with an unfavorable commute to short call who bid off the fleet as soon as they can.
Your list is a shack. I always laugh when people complain but then admit they aren't a global reserve. I would average about 1 trip/month. After awhile I just got tired of being hit with the seat that was exactly opposite of my body clock(made for a much harder trip), plus the unpredictability of life planning with owing 18 days. And, as a Lh you can really kill it on the credit hours. Gobs of money if you have seniority in the right seat of a WB.