Originally Posted by
Check Essential
His complaint is right on the money.
Its bearable if you live in base, but you definitely don't want to commute to reserve under the Delta system because of the shortcall situation.
And the lack of trip guarantees for reserves really stinks. Some trips pay a whole lot less for a reserve than a regular guy.
I have to disagree with the "commuting to short-call situation".
I think we have a fine reserve system - I mean, someone has to sit reserve. I have AA guys in my crashpad who come sit reserve, in the crashpad, 20+ days a month because they don't havea short-call/long-call system.
Yes, it's better to be on long call than short call, but it's much easier having the possibility for long call rather than it all being shortcall.