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Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 3637882)

I get that. This month I'm on reserve by choice and when I didn't get used for 3 rsv days and had 5 days off, I was able to go into open time and add a 2-day trip and a 1-day trip on my 5 days off, driving reserve from 79 hr guarantee to 96 hrs credit. And the way I justify it living in base is I wasn't used on the 3 rsv days and was home anyway, felt that I was basically off, and now going to actually go to work 3 days on days off for extra money.

I've asked around buddies at other airlines, not all of them can you just pick up straight open time on reserve days off for extra pay - at any time you want. They seem to have caveats for only premium - like Delta.

It's one really good thing we have on reserve at AS.

Does sound like a nice feature indeed!

What do some of y'all schedules look like for the month at Alaska as a line holder and or RSV?

Reserve owes 18 days a month to the company. As an FO, good luck trading days much. The good news is other than PDX and ANC, you will get what you want quickly, or get off reserve entirely. Next comes secondary lines, the leftover trips that everyone else threw back in the recycle bin. They are mostly garbage. Primary lines give you the most trading potential and flexibility, and even being junior I usually get pretty close to what I want. However, if you haven't started class yet, we will probably have moved to PBS by the time you get a line, and it will all have changed.