Originally Posted by FXLAX

So it aint work...retrospetively. It matters to your family...after the fact. For me, that's hard to call it a day off. I can agree that it isn't work, but its harder to say it was a day off. But in the context of this thread, maybe it should be counted as a day off? Becuase getting that "day off" will depend on that airline's work rules. Meaning, airlines with better work rules (qol) will probably, on average, have more pilots no get used on reserve. And I see this thread as not only a pay comparison, but a qol comparison as well. This has become evident at FedEx where we have LC of 24 hours. But, first, that means you are number one to get put on hotel standby (yes, we have hotel standby in our contract). And second, lately they have been assigining trips (if not hotel standby) days if not weeks in advance (yes, our contract allows that for LC). That may or may not be good for the LC pilot but it certainly minimizes lineholder pilots from trading or picking up the trip.

All that to say, context matters. So count me in as someone who beleives that for the sake of better comparison, pilots should state reserve days not used out of the total awarded/picked up.