Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
At Eagle we have 3 shifts per day of ready reserve. They vary by base, but are generally:
0530-1330
1100-1900
1400-2200
Ready Reserve lines are 72hr guarantee, have 11 days off per month, and you sit Ready Reserve for 4-5 days at a time for the whole month. If the ready reserve lineholder is sent out on a trip they call in a regular reserve pilot to sit for an 8-hour shift.
I think this is one of the weakest parts of the Eagle contract, sometimes we have multiple Ready Reserve pilots sitting at the airport on overlapping 8hr shifts.
You forgot my favorite shift at ORD, 1900-2400. But since the last flight leaves at 2200 you end up working only 3 hrs if you don't get called out. As a line it sucked but every now and then it's fun to eat up a reserve day.