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Old 01-15-2026 | 10:14 AM
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Depends on the category. Reserve has been so glorious the last 2 years on the ER A side in NYC I was pinching myself on the ski slopes today.
ATL320A: I love unused reserve days. I'd love to be part of one someday
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Old 01-15-2026 | 10:51 AM
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ATL320A: I love unused reserve days. I'd love to be part of one someday
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Old 01-15-2026 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Extenda
Depends on the category. Reserve has been so glorious the last 2 years on the ER A side in NYC I was pinching myself on the ski slopes today.
Oh no doubt. I meant more of the transparency, predictability, etc around reserve. There are ways they could improve that - obviously reserve will never be 100% predictable.
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Old 01-15-2026 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Meme In Command
ATL320A: I love unused reserve days. I'd love to be part of one someday
Haha…. Yeah. Exactly why I do not bid ATL. Nowhere to hide down there!
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Old 01-15-2026 | 01:12 PM
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Oh no doubt. I meant more of the transparency, predictability, etc around reserve. There are ways they could improve that - obviously reserve will never be 100% predictable.
It wouldn't be rocket science for us to be able to see the reserve availability list and have some sort of chart that said

Your RAW score is 69 and you're in bucket 1 with 4 days or Res
#2 in line for a 4 day trip
#25 in line for a 3 day
#30 in like for a 2 day
#45 in line for a 1 day

Would probably minimize the amount of "hey how come you called me instead of this junior guy I see in here?" Calls if we had the data visible.
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Old 01-15-2026 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Meme In Command
It wouldn't be rocket science for us to be able to see the reserve availability list and have some sort of chart that said

Your RAW score is 69 and you're in bucket 1 with 4 days or Res
#2 in line for a 4 day trip
#25 in line for a 3 day
#30 in like for a 2 day
#45 in line for a 1 day

Would probably minimize the amount of "hey how come you called me instead of this junior guy I see in here?" Calls if we had the data visible.
Absolutely. Or even things like symbols to show "This individual is coming off a vacation day" or "We plan on using max SC conversion over the next 6 days" instead of randomly going from 2 people on SC to MAX overnight.
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Old 01-15-2026 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Extenda
Depends on the category. Reserve has been so glorious the last 2 years on the ER A side in NYC I was pinching myself on the ski slopes today.
Which Slope? Wife went to Belleayre today while I was doing a EWR-ORD-EWR NBA Charter turn.

I bid a line to burn PB days. This line crap would blow if I didn't get 2/4 trips out of EWR, and one of the two JFK trips wasn't laying over in a city I wanted to be in for a dirtbike race. Back to RES for Feb/Mar (vacation)
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Old 01-15-2026 | 02:22 PM
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Which Slope? Wife went to Belleayre today while I was doing a EWR-ORD-EWR NBA Charter turn.

I bid a line to burn PB days. This line crap would blow if I didn't get 2/4 trips out of EWR, and one of the two JFK trips wasn't laying over in a city I wanted to be in for a dirtbike race. Back to RES for Feb/Mar (vacation)
Ski Sundown up in CT. Not huge but real close to my house.

I just cannot bring myself to bid a line right now. It’s simply too good on reserve. My 2 year rolling average is 6 days a month having to leave my house for Delta. December I flew two 3 days and a 4 day and that was the most I’ve worked in a month for 2 years.
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Old 01-15-2026 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Extenda
Ski Sundown up in CT. Not huge but real close to my house.

I just cannot bring myself to bid a line right now. It’s simply too good on reserve. My 2 year rolling average is 6 days a month having to leave my house for Delta. December I flew two 3 days and a 4 day and that was the most I’ve worked in a month for 2 years.
Friends want me to come up to VT and ride SnowBikes. Maybe a friends place in Torrington vs going to VT if they get a little more snow. (we really need 8-12 on the ground to ride more than one lap before bare ground) How is the snow cover up that way? We've gotten more snow than last year here in NJ, but it gets just warm enough for it to melt every week or so. Because I'm sure they'll have built a SnoCross track in the yard if they get enough. They have bobcats and a dozer.. Maybe when I get back from the San Diego SX.
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Old 01-15-2026 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CX500T
Friends want me to come up to VT and ride SnowBikes. Maybe a friends place in Torrington vs going to VT if they get a little more snow. (we really need 8-12 on the ground to ride more than one lap before bare ground) How is the snow cover up that way? We've gotten more snow than last year here in NJ, but it gets just warm enough for it to melt every week or so. Because I'm sure they'll have built a SnoCross track in the yard if they get enough. They have bobcats and a dozer.. Maybe when I get back from the San Diego SX.
Snow is mostly gone we’ve had a thaw the last couple weeks. Not sure if the still have cover further north. Ski hill had a lot of cold weather in December so they got a nice layer down.
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