Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
I don't think there will be much difference between the two in the short term. Long term, no one knows how things will play out. Reserve is going to suck either way, being junior. Try to bid 4 day blocks or less to lessen the suck. Plan on working the 85 hour limit. The good news is that even if you are flying min credit trips, you can only be used for 16 days. If you get a couple of decent higher credit trips, you might be able to trim that down to 15.
Living in base on short call really isn’t that bad. It’s when you don’t live is base it sucks. Operating 40-50 hours a month is pretty easy, you just can’t usually get that long stretch of days off you are looking for or have much flexibility.