Is it selfish of me to want recency in the plane? That chair flying thing works great but it's been really really difficult for me to simulate loading the printer.

I stay proficient with my call outs when making love to my wife. When she tells me I’m in, I reply “check”. And when I miss I say “reject, I have controls”.

how so? Is it so bad I’d like to pick up a trip on my days off to try to stay current and comfortable in the airplane? I agree that access to DOT on our work days would be absurd, but why not on our days off?

let the record show I’m not complaining, I feel incredibly lucky to be here, I’d just like to get in an airplane.

in the meantime all I can do is look longingly at the huge list of DOT flying I can’t touch

I’m not really sure why this needs to be said, but the reason you can’t touch DOT on your days off, on reserve, which, I don’t know every single airlines contract, but the ones I know you can’t do it there either, and by the way we couldn’t do it on the last contract either, is because there are limits to what airline pilots can fly, so if you pick up a four day on your fours days off, there isn’t a lot they can do with you on your six days of reserve.

Oh, and I’m a line holder that’s back to reserve. You guys were right all along, this 24hr LC living in base not doing anything all month is horrible. (Sarcasm)

You guys *****ing about not flying are probably the same guys that ***** about flying too much during busy times.

yeahhh... bottom 20% in base and have a transcon commute. Whatever makes you feel better though.

Did you jump up and down with your hands on your hips while you wrote that?

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Is because you voted for the current contract.....

Rsv picking up on days off would reduce the pool of opentime it would be impossible to trade as a lineholder. The company would be paying everything in open time above guarantee and rsv would do very little on their work days as part of their guarantee. It would also all but eliminate premium pay for everyone.

Pre China virus I bid rsv on purpose usually so this is not just a lineholder perspective.

And the one before that.......and the one before that one.

Are you seriously trying to compare Reserve life during Covid with reserve life in normal times?

”I’m a line holder, don’t know why guys are complaining, this reserve isn’t so bad since I know there’s 99.9% chance I will 1) not be called 2) not have my LC converted to SC during a commute 3) Not have any need to drop or swap days off since I basically have every day off and nothing I really need to do during quarantine”