Originally Posted by tennisguru

Not sure when you went out but if it was a while ago you'll find that reserve has changed considerably for the worse. Even moreso if you are a commuter. Every LC pilot will get SC every day that they dont have a rotation assignment until they reach the max SC for the bid period. Pre-assigned rest is screwing up the order that scheduling uses reserves so in many cases senior reserves are getting used over junior ones. As a senior NBB living in base you can outearn a commuting NBA pretty easily as long as you've got some flexibility to pick up last minute stuff for GS/QS/IA. Many in-base NBB can out earn even in-base NBA for the same or fewer days worked if you really work the system. A NBA who hustles will out earn all but the top earning NBB, but generally they'll be working more days for it.