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Old 03-31-2009, 07:01 PM
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IBFlyin
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Originally Posted by ExperimentalAB View Post
Reserve at SkyWest is no good...in fact pretty bad and ugly too. I don't think the company is so much to blame as is the Pilot group. Up until recently, rarely did a Pilot sit reserve, period. Work rules where therefore negotiated for the lineholder, not the reserve guy. Now that that has changed, those reserve rules are getting a second look at, and some headway has even been made (notably long-call).
Agreed, Im one of the skywest reserves. I havent met anyone yet that claims reserve here is better than their prior company. Long call has a great intent, however crew scheduling generally finds a way to screw it up. On the Bro, long call sees alot of dropped legs with ready reserve attached. 4-5 days a week of that gets old.

Originally Posted by EmbraerFlyer View Post
At Compass, reserve guys get used and abused. Reserve average 85-100 credit per month. There are ever some guys stupid enough to accept 9 days on in a row..
How many days a month are they getting off? Atleast the credit is respectable. Its very challenging to make over the 75 hr guarantee at skywest, since were overstaffed and management is in cost cutting mode. 75 hours and no per diem makes for small paychecks. Getting worked like a dog is no fun either though. We get 10 days off in a 30 day cycle, 11 off in a 31 day cycle.
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