Originally Posted by
WorkingUp
Anyone able to shed any light on junior reserve life? Ability to pref bid open trips? Any ability to pick up open flying on days off or as a junior guy, it wont happen? Just trying to get a feel for how QOL would be if things slow down and super junior for awhile.
Depends if you live in base or commute. If you bc commute…odds you want to pick up anything on your days off are prob pretty low.
Living on base, rsv is great. They punted rsv proffering til “maybe April” due to IT ineptness but eventually you’ll be able to bid on which trips you’d rather fly as a rsv…if you care. If you’re legal, you can pick up whatever you want on your days off. Artificial buffers make it hard to pick up anything more than a couple day trips or 2 day prior to any rsv block being flown. Once your block is known from working trips….or not working trips…you’ll be able to pick up more…and anything picked up goes on top of rsv guarantee.
I’ve been super jr and on rsv for 3 years and credit in the 150-170/mo living in base. Now that I’m forced to commute, I’m not bidding rsv and my credit is lower as my desire to work more is way lower.