Originally Posted by
KnightNight
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.
This is not even a choice but rather the way it is now. WB has gone back to being senior enough that you will be on NB one or more years before getting awarded WB in a vacancy.
To anser the OP, reserve on the WB is not bad at all, especially in base. If you want to fly you can APU ("Agressive Pick Up") trips and fly a couple times a month. Going to landings class is a given unless you are in a base with a healthy amount of domestic trips like SFO 777. Even then it is probable unless you try to pick up domestic flying.