You've got a job and haven't been furloughed. Let's look at it that way...

Wanna hold a line because you're commuting? Bid to a where you'd be more senior.

I've been on rsv for 3 years because I've been on the most senior plane I could hold. No complaints here.

At least make the reserve work rules match the line holders' work rules. Also change it so we all get a 5:15 hour minimum for any duty day whether we fly or not. At NWA as a domestic pilot, I never did a single duty day with just a deadhead. I'm guessing this is because it was treated the same as a flying day in the contract. At Delta this is fairly common practice. There was a 1 day pattern(NWA way) or rotation(Delta way) or trip(other airline way) on the daily trip coverage board that paid reserve 2:18 and a lineholder 5:15. Of course there was a note on the bottom to assign it only to a reserve pilot. Go figure.

DAL should provide the ride and it's probably on the charter packet. I wouldn't bust my tail to get over there. If it's a late departure from the FBO maybe they'll stop combining scheduled flying with charter flying.:cool:

I agree. It just does not work well, & makes for some very tiring trips. I ran into a 320 crew in CLT a few months ago. They had ferried into CLT for a 0530 arrival only to DH to DTW at 1630 & then fly to SAN! Ugh. Talk about no sleep.

Also, with delayed charters it really messes up the revenue flights that we are to work.

True Dat! And I've rarely seen an NBA departure after a game go on time. But that's why they have reserves I guess.

Take a cab and expense it. Simple as that.

Denny

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Thanks for the link and the laugh!

GySgt Campos...34-82 "On your face..MOVE!"

No complaints here either. I bid down to reserve, or used to before the last AE, and liked it. When I wanted to hold a line and could swap all the trips from fri-mon to all weekends off, I liked holding a line.

The reserve system here is fine and sure they fly everyone to 69.5 hours but thats the contract. Thats how the system works when its not a seniority based system with junior pilots flying every day for 90 hours and senior reserve pilots flying near 0.

I've was watching a T.V. show on Georgia prison inmates. You'd both do well there. Lipstick anybody ..... ?

I guess if you haven't got the pay or the conditions. At least you have your hat.

Thankfully you are the vocal minority.

Ahhh.. the usual arrogance. Must feel good to be all puffed up and awesome.

I was giving him crap #1 because thats most of what he does on here, and #2, he's senior enough to fly a different airplane and have a choice in what he flies, but chooses to be on reserve on a larger plane and complain.

Got it?

The reserve rules need improvement... doesn't mean I'm going to whine incessantly like I've got sand stuck all where you've obviously got more than enough.