Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
And for every person who experiences this, there are others who bid reserve on purpose. As a 2001 hire, I held a line on Express for all of three months back in '01. Been on reserve since and don't have a problem with 70 hours of pay for 40-50 hours of work. How many of those SC days was also a fly day?
I'm guessing you live in base. Reserve would be much more palatable if I lived in base, but I can't (and would never live in Memphis). 1 SC day was a fly day, but all 18 days were away from home. The 40-50 hour months aren't bad for me either, even with commuting. Under the northwest rules, reserves still got the 5 hours of pay per duty period. That made it much more likely that you would be productive and/or break guarantee. This "B" scale for reserves is retarded....