Since you're CS is "P-3 Bubba", I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you're navy. Like everyone has said here, you can do significantly better as a reserve bum than first year airline pay and my last year drilling, I made over $40K while concurrently flying with the airline. The fly in the ointment, as has been alluded to, is that many naval reserve units have been much stingier with their drills and AD/ADT than they were in the past, so you may not be allowed to take all of your AFTPs and RMPs or make nearly as much as you potentially could if the government wasn't in a cash bind.