Originally Posted by
BleedSwap
Curious as to what one can expect sitting 777/787 reserve? Obviously come august sounds like you can realistically expect the six short call conversions as well as landings every 90 days but as the plug how often are you really getting assigned something, anything - literally anything at all or is it not much more than short call conversions and the occaisional repo?
reserve in base like any fleet isn’t bad. Commuting, you’d probably get a few short calls a month in quite month (my guess is max 5 in quiet months), honestly a lot of locals pick up the short calls to reset order and make extra money. In summer I flew 15-17 days a month, in the shoulder months, I haven’t flown in almost 3 months. I sit reserve during the week, lineholders are picking trips up. For my WB base a lot of trips are commutable , minus some Hawaii and Japan. As most people on here say,
bid 737 , learn the bidding / reserve rules and then move up.