You are working as well. Your job just requires that you be in a position to be at the airport in 120 minutes. Can you have a beer? No, then you are still working.

Man...I worked all through grade school then? And here I thought I was lazy back then.

Remember when your parents said school was like your job? Yup, no beer = work.

invest in TV shows on DVD, Two and a Half men kept my sanity for a month.

Don't waste it
 

Getting paid to have spare time is a gift. Don't waste it. One day you will crave free time and not be able to get any.

When I was on RSV I read a lot of real estate books, got my RE license and bought a handful of rental properties. Now that I have a full schedule again I wish I could get more paid RSV days to work on my own financial future instead of the company's.

My 2 cents.

part time at Kroger.. they are understanding of my schedule needs, free food and discounts , can't beat that..

monthly guarentee :) gotta love it. or 5 hours credit for airport reserve times 20 days a month equals 100 hours credit equals nice paycheck :D

i'm soon to be back on reserve after this month's furloughs :(

oh well, i've been meaning to catch up on some call of duty 4. plus, gotta work on that "plan b" for when i get the f-notice.

I spend a lot of time moderating an airline pilot message board...

I found routes to ride my bike where at any time I would only be as far as 30 minutes from my place. That would give me 30 minutes to get back to my apartment, 30 minutes to shower/shave/eat/etc, and 1 hour to get to the airport (30 minute drive).

Otherwise I would take care of errands, chores, etc. Any other time was your normal time-killing type stuff. When the call came through that I was released for the night, crack a beer. Living in domicile was nice on reserve.

If I survive the furlough cut, now I will have to commute to sit reserve for a loooong time :(

i'm the most junior jet guy at eagle...so jr that i can't even get the 2 hr call out deal....i proffer every night for the next day and still get airport ready reserve...

i walk around the terminals in boston...try going backwards on the pedestrian walkways...text my girlfriend every 8 minutes...eat, for some reason that passes time...read my book about 4 pages at a time...sign in to the computer and look at all the open trips for the next day that i won't get when i proffer...

haha last week...the only day i got on the 2 hr call out...i got called in to sit ready reserve for the afternoon...

what happened to being on reserve for only two months?!