Being paid on rig and being on reserve are not mutually exclusive. Irrelevant is right on target. I'm on reserve and have been lucky enough to credit at LEAST 85 hrs per month and that's not on rig. It's plenty easy to be paid on TAFB on reserve if you're being used every day. The not-so-secret dirty little secret these days is to bid reserve if you want to increase your chances of being home at night.