Except that you will spend most of your reserve blocks sitting ready for 4 (or 5) days in places like MSP. It doesn't matter where you're based when you're on reserve at Skywest...they'll TDY you (it's called OBR, Out of Base Reserve) wherever they feel like it. More than once, I have been TDY'd halfway across the country to sit reserve in a base, while they TDY guys from that base to sit reserve in my base.

It makes absolutely no sense, except it makes CS's "Reserve utilization metric" look better...."Look, we're using all our reserves! None of these guys are sitting at home getting paid to do nothing!"

The only thing worse than OBR is commuting to reserve. At least with OBR, they're paying for the hotel you'll be rotting away in 19 days a month while flying 4 legs all month. I'm not kidding, either.

Hahahahahaha

This is the reason no one can drop anything.

Don't forget if you commute to reserve after calling them asking for obr, getting a no, commuting day before and finding out your obrd to another base, or to where you live

F cs.

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If the crj can get me to ORD il be fine with that as well .

They'll both get you to ord by the time youre done with ioe. For reference, someone with a year on property is still reserve in ord 175. Would've been holding a line from day 1 crj making 95+ hours credit plus per diem. You do the math. (Not to mention more days off when you're not on reserve, msp aside)

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But but but... the CRJ doesn't have auto throttles.

The extra flying is defintly a plus , is there a lot of open time that is available out of ORD ? I know some airlines pay 150% for anything over 85 hours . Anything like that at Skywest ?

Wait it doesn't!? How do you fly it!? You must be much pilot!

I STRONGLY urge that the CRJ be everyone's choice as a new-hire if ORD is desired, for all the aforementioned reasons. And if you still feel the need to fly the E175, that can still be done when the seat lock expires or when it is time to upgrade. I just don't see the point of being on reserve for a year and hardly ever flying.