Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
How close do you have to be when they call? 30min? 1hr? I was just planning on living at my bayhome and being a fishing guide on the side. Use to be a waterfowl guide but I've been salt fishing way to much now.
Watch Toilet, I'm about to be constructive, don't blink!
Depends on what airline you are at. Here at XJT there are two kinds of reserve, short and long call. Short call reserve means you need to be able to report for duty within 2 hours of the call. Long call guys get 12 hours. Per the contract 10% of the reserve lines have to be long call. I live about an hour south of the airport in Houston and sat reserve at home. So I guess if you can get from your boat to the airport in 2 hours, thats the way to go. Otherwise, try and bid long call. I would have loved to spend reserve on a sail boat or something.
I have heard of reserve times at other airlines being anywhere from 90mins to 3 hours so it all depends.