NYC 7ER FO still on reserve:

For October, most of the reserve lines had you on call for stretches that were 10+ days long. The benefit is that you also get long stretches of days off in a row.

I've never bid a reserve line like that. I have enough seniority to bid something that more resembles a regular line when it comes to days on and off, ie. 5-6 on, 3-4 off. I'm a commuter and I don't know if there's an advantage to bidding a reserve line that has long stretches of on-call days.

I've been online 2 months and have spent only 1 night in the crash pad, all while sitting reserve. You'll have to be willing to fly though. There are ways to use the system if you take the time to figure it out.

Also, the flying varies greatly between the different equipment and bases, so it's impossible to give a "typical" schedule. For example, because of the nature of the international flying in the NYC 7ER base, almost all trips are commutable. This is not going to be the case for, let's say, CVG M88.