I always laugh when I read on the fb group about guys complaining they’re not used, then I check flica crew resource report and they don’t have the first out preference. It’s amazing how some guys will complain before they even take a chance to analyze the situation and consider if maybe they’re doing something wrong...

Nobody is junior forever. Ready reserve goes to the most junior. Yes, that means for awhile it's the same 4-6 people but then it'll be some other 4 -6 people. The only argument to stop that would be to "spread the love" and include the other reserves in ready reserve assignments. That makes it better for the current 4-6 people and worse for all the rest of the reserves. I think, though I could be mistaken, that any reserve can already volunteer for ready reserve, so I'd say that if those other reserves want to "take one for the team" and help out those 4-6 people, they already can. The only other thing we could do is amend the contract to force the other reserves to "take one for the team" and you might not be as supportive of that once you're not the bottom 4-6 people.

I checked off "Volunteer Ready Reserve" in PBS one time thinking I needed to do that in order to get super seniority ready reserve and boy was that a month of agony. But I guess that counts as taking one for the team lol

Its always other people's fault and the system is against them. Besides, as soon as they turn lineholder they'll finally "find" that passage of the contract saying lineholders can drop trips and thats what the reserve grid is for, not reserve pilots dropping reserve. Then we'll have to listen to the lies that "i never dropped reserve because they didnt let us and thats the way it is!"

Revolutionary when it helps themselves, status quo when it doesn't. The patterns of repetition get boring after a while.

We sure could, and what happens? We get to contract time and everyone who complains it should be better for junior pilots stabs a knife in them.

When times were good the adults in the room passed a lot of contractual help to the reserve pilots, and I'm proud of that. Hope you all remember that when you complain in a couple years time, "why have you been helping these small number of pilots! The lineholders outnumber the reserve guys and I had to deal with reserve for 14 months! Screw them!"

To be fair, last month I had default "last out" due to not selecting anything. This month I have "First out"...
Last month I flew 3.6 total hours. So far this month I am at 0.0.

There is so little open time/available work that it really doesn't even matter.

Also, I've worked at more airlines than probably anyone on this thread, and I can positively say we have above average reserve work rules in general. If you're complaining nonstop about reserve here, well, you have no idea what bad really looks like.

So if it doesn't matter shut up. It clearly does matter.

You've finally taken step one into fixing your own situation. Step two, watch the sheets and every time a junior guy gets flying scheduling tells you isnt yours fill out an issue form while reading 25.J to learn, while also getting the unions factual instruction. After 20 issue forms youll be an expert and you'll either be flying more, or getting a ton more money from violations. If the money slows down, give it about 2 months, all new schedulers will be hired, taught wrong, and you can roll around in their carelessness. Then teach 5 friends to do the same. You'll find all of your lives deeply enriched and made better by your own hands.

I'm sorry, are you seriously telling me to "Shut up" for adding a perspective to the conversation? How are you in the cockpit? Or are you just an internet warrior?

The point isn't the issue forms. The point is there is NO flying. Junior guys aren't getting it ahead of others, no one is getting it.
But I'll just shut up because you clearly have all the answers and know more than anyone else.
GMAB.

Go take your preferences back off for this month there is still time( it's under the other tab, i know youre new to this).

Wow. No idea what your problem is, dude, but you don't represent Endeavor very well.