Way to much thought is being put into this. You can reasonably except anywhere from 3-9 months of reserve here at Envoy. Could you luck out and get off quick with the right timing, base and aircraft? Sure you could. Is it likely, not really.

The bottom line is reserve time/qol is one of many things that need some serious improvement around here. Like it or not, Envoy is not the gold standard, or hell not even bronze standard anymore.

Much like AA, we have been pushed lower and lower in virtually all categories that matter.

The other thing to consider is, like I and others have said, you will do the reserve thing all over again as Captain. And the longer you spend on reserve as FO, the shorter it will be as captain and vice versa.

This is absolutely correct and the suck will be worse.