Originally Posted by
Ragtop Day
Agreed. I would be interested in a stat that showed the average number of days reserves sit long call without an assignment. That would be a better measure of reserve QOL. I would say the last few months I have sat about 2 days each month without a trip or SC. In addition, the average number of SC's are skewed by the overstaffed categories that have 30 people a day sitting idle, while the short category reserves are getting beat up every day.
With regards to PBS, I like the flexibility of being able to string together long stretches of reserve. Being able to get six or seven days off in a row is nice if I am planning a getaway, of course I know I will have to work your butt off the rest of the month.
If we're going to count, let's count 12 hour periods instead of days. I typically only sit 2 or 3 days per month, but that's 24 hours per day instead of 12 for domestic types. OBTW, 24 hour short call blows.