Originally Posted by
Newty
I had that same hope, been 3 years now and I just got off reserve.
I hope it works out better for you than it has for me.
The Bro is fun and I like the people I work with, the pay licks sweaty balls
Hey Newty,
How many days off do you get on reserve?
How do you bid for reserve shifts and what are the chances of getting the days off you want?
Is there a swap board or trade board so that you can trade your shifts with other pilots?
How felxible are crew tracking or I think you call them screw tracking?
They can't be as bad as Mesa. I'd be on the last day of a reserve shift. I'd have the last flight of the day leaving for home in 30 minutes but my reserve shift wouldn't finish for an hour. They would never release me the 30 minutes early so I could get home.
Or the other scenario on reserve you have flown 7.5 hours that day. There are no flights you can be scheduled for that would keep you legal but they still wont release you early just in case there is a repo flight or maintenance flight needed!