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06-17-2016 | 11:55 AM

#8211

aldonite7667

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Originally Posted by seekingblue

IMHO.....

-bid whatever will get you a line faster (JFK 190 wins the prize, for now.)

-live in base

-there are ways to make more money on RSV, but please don't attempt it, unless you are VERY familiar with the FSM.....

$50/hr the hard way. First year do as little as possible!

06-17-2016 | 04:06 PM

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avi8orco

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Originally Posted by tmckeon79

So, I haven't classed up yet, but wanted to know the best route to make more money. 320 or 190? Is there any way to make more money while on Reserve? Pick up extra trips? Or would 190 be best in order to get a line first? Thanks.

Don't bother with extra trips on reserve ..they go toward your guarantee and not above. When you get close to 75 or your the highest credit guy in a group they're going to back you off unless your their only choice. When you do that on your day off you become very cheap labor...$2 per hour for per diem is pretty much all they're paying for you

06-17-2016 | 04:12 PM

#8213

IrishNJ

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Originally Posted by avi8orco

How do you mean? Trips that start/end on a day off don't go to your guarantee when YOU'RE on reserve. (And pay above guarantee at premium rates)

06-18-2016 | 01:19 AM

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Xtreme87

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Originally Posted by IrishNJ

How do you mean? Trips that start/end on a day off don't go to your guarantee when YOU'RE on reserve. (And pay above guarantee at premium rates)

Pretty sure any pickup into days off doesn't go above your guarantee. It's hard to make extra money on reserve.

06-18-2016 | 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Xtreme87

Pretty sure any pickup into days off doesn't go above your guarantee. It's hard to make extra money on reserve.

Pickup into days off can go above guarantee, if it was awarded via the RSV open time pick up window or VDA. Lots of pitfalls to both those strategies though.

06-18-2016 | 02:56 AM

#8216

Xtreme87

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Originally Posted by aewanabe

Pickup into days off can go above guarantee, if it was awarded via the RSV open time pick up window or VDA. Lots of pitfalls to both those strategies though.

Never ever got a call on a VDA day yet. I'm starting to think it's a myth. Does feel good putting the request in though.

06-18-2016 | 03:18 AM

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rvr1800

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Originally Posted by IrishNJ

How do you mean? Trips that start/end on a day off don't go to your guarantee when YOU'RE on reserve. (And pay above guarantee at premium rates)

Be careful here reserves. If you go into the regular open time pot on FLICA and pick up a trip on your day off you will be working for free. You need to be awarded a trip on your day off via aggressive pick up. This is the menu in flica called, "Pilot RSV open time bid east coast". From what I've been told you are rarely awarded a trip on your day off.

06-18-2016 | 04:55 AM

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avi8orco

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Originally Posted by rvr1800

It doesn't happen unless you are a last resort...I've tried it for my 8 months on reserve when I got hired. Why would they pay somebody when they have a reserve who has to do it on being called?....that they don't have to pay. That's what I meant before.