Originally Posted by
Archie Bunker
... There are a lot worse things in life than being on reserve in ONT. Get a crashpad, an airport car, and enjoy Southern California. Think of it as a two week SoCal vacation every month. On RSVA we hardly fly at all. It's a no brainer IMHO.
Very familiar with reserve in ONT as I hardly flew before when I was on it.
For those who live there it’s great but for those of us who commute it sux!
I can tell you that I’m not the only one who’s considering bidding ANC versus being permanent ONT reserve...
Heck I’ve spent numerous 2-week periods at sunny Red Roof and I have a
t-shirt to prove it…
In the past I was able to hold VTO lines which most of the time turned into Pac Rim trips which is what I like the most. One commute a month, great override pay and per diem was nice too. Now it looks like I’ll be back to reserve for years to come thanks to the senior pilots being “fair” to us, junior guys...
If you add up the cost of a crashpad, an airport car, loss of override pay/per diem and getting paid for 75 hours versus say ~80-85 (which seems to be the norm on many ANC lines) you come up with at least 1 maybe even 2 round trip tickets to/from ANC.
If I were to commute once, or maybe twice a month to ANC and back I’d bid it in a heartbeat. Still looking at the bid packets…
Remember, your so called SoCal vacation looks very different through the Red Roof windows…
Before you suggest it - no plans on moving to the Socialist Republic of Pelosifornia either… ; )