Originally Posted by
GutterGuard
The people I see complain about reserve are the ones who just don't know how to bid or play the game. They're either too junior to hold weekends off,
Too junior is the problem. I am pretty new in the low 16xxx numbers. There is no point in me trying to play the reserve game. The current system favors the senior numbers way too much. Personally I think its the bucket calculation, it takes way more for a junior pilot to get out of the first bucket. The dropping of days completely or moving X days falls apart for me after the first PCS run by the time it gets to me
I can hold a commutable line and that is way to control my schedule as much as possible. Commuting to short call reserve makes me hate the job- so until interest rates and home prices drop I am not moving to base.