I sat reserve on my days off because I lived in domicile. They paid me 3:45 per day and if they called me I was paid time and a half ($36/hr x 1.5 = $54/hr + 5% override for CR9's) for the credit/Block or better. Since they didn't have any reserves in ATL, crew support considered me emergency reserve (seeing that I was the only one they could call and get to the APT with in 2 hours) and would rather TDY a guy in form SLC or ORD if they had time in order to protect they ace in the hole. Over 7 months I sat reserve 38 times and was only called once. That's 38 x 3:45 = 142.5 hours x $36/hr = $5130 extra. That's money I made on my weekdays off without ever having to work. My second year at SKW, which included 3 months at first year pay; I almost topped $53K and I average 16 days off, I was home every day with every weekend off and every holiday off.

Right place………..right time……………….right situation………..right system.