Originally Posted by FyrePilot

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.