Please explain to someone who has never worked at 121.

You mean I will be sitting 6 out of 7 days a week at airport?
So I will be sitting in the airport 8 hours a day incase I need to fly 6 days per week?
Is this only for ASA side or LXJet or both?

Thanks

Yes, you understand correctly, except that on the LXJT side you'll sit 4 hours and get paid 4 hours and on the LASA side you'll sit 8 and get paid 4. But you will spend every scheduled reserve day working and even some off days. (Psst Eagle is offering a nice signing bonus).

SongMan,

While reserve isn't fun by any stretch, Captain Tony is being a bit of a drama queen. I'm on reserve and don't see myself getting off of it any time soon. My life isn't miserable by any stretch. Try to live in base, keep a good attitude and you'll be fine. There are reserve rules that limit the number of ready reserve days in a month. The part about getting day lines or bits an pieces of trips is true. You're a plug as a reservist to fill the gaps.

Reserve is what you make of it. If you want to be miserable and adversarial with scheduling, then you'll hate it. If you roll with it and just expect the unexpected all the time then it isn't so bad.

Being on reserve pretty much sucks wherever you work. ERJ reserve rules are much better than CRJ reserve rules. If you live in base, ERJ reserve isn't bad. Even commuting can make it less hellish.

The sad part is, before the UAL JCBA, the ERJ work rules were better than that of S-CAL.

I think that's what you really meant. Right?

Can anyone comment on how the DFW American operation is going? From a flight crew standpoint? If you look at the cancellations there really seems to be a serious issue out there with MX. What's the deal?

Don't know about this week, but we have had lots of gear problem and some struck by lightning. Also we have no spares so any time something breaks that needs parts it ends up with several cancellations.

This isn't true. I was on reserve a few months ago and routinely had 2 or 3 days where they never used me. The max number of days they can give you ready reserve is 6 in a month. On the capt side they have been getting abused worse then on the FO side.

The reserves are going to be abused this summer though.

Today in the airport starbucks line, an FO had a Delta lanyard, "DELTA DTW Crew" bag tags, but his badge had a red and white airplane on it.

Is he on the airbus, guys?

You will have a couple of those at every regional who would want others to think that they work for "insert mainline."