Reserve rules and junior bases
06-07-2023 | 09:27 AM
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06-07-2023 | 09:41 AM
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From: Student of the game
If you want control over when you fly, the trips you fly and layovers you get; having the ability to drop trips in your base and then pickup everywhere is a huge QOL enhancer.
06-07-2023 | 09:47 AM
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No... no it's not. Unless you're holding the exact days you want off and want to fly 70-80% of them.
If you want control over when you fly, the trips you fly and layovers you get; having the ability to drop trips in your base and then pickup everywhere is a huge QOL enhancer.
If you want control over when you fly, the trips you fly and layovers you get; having the ability to drop trips in your base and then pickup everywhere is a huge QOL enhancer.
RSV in you home base is always better than being a commuting line holder.
LIMITED control over trip types and layovers of all things is the dumbest reason to be a commuter I’ve ever heard
06-07-2023 | 11:35 AM
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I didn’t advise anything. I simply suggested to keep that in mind. In some cases it might be preferred and I’ve certainly seen quite a few pilots changes bases to get a line faster with the intention of dropping in base to pick up close to home. I don’t know the reserve times in all bases but if the time is significantly different and gaining control over your schedule is high priority that’s one way to do it.
06-07-2023 | 11:42 AM
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If you’re a weekend lineholder in another base your ability to drop is majorly diminished. You may not be able to and you’ll get stuck commuting. Or what if you can drop but there is no open time in your home base? Commuting again. Or worst case what happens when the music stops? Would you rather be in the base you live in or stuck commuting to some other base potentially for years.
RSV in you home base is always better than being a commuting line holder.
LIMITED control over trip types and layovers of all things is the dumbest reason to be a commuter I’ve ever heard
RSV in you home base is always better than being a commuting line holder.
LIMITED control over trip types and layovers of all things is the dumbest reason to be a commuter I’ve ever heard
"live in base, SCR reserve forever, wear 2.5 hour leash" GTFO
I have dropped in my base and picked up in almost all of our bases for the last year and a half. Open time is full in every base with plenty of great credit and commutable trips. I pick up trips when I want to work; and don't when I don't.
But please go right ahead and keep sittin on your couch waiting for CS to call you for your next jungle turn that a lineholder dropped cause the grid was green...
06-07-2023 | 01:18 PM
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06-07-2023 | 08:16 PM
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100% disagree.
"live in base, SCR reserve forever, wear 2.5 hour leash" GTFO
I have dropped in my base and picked up in almost all of our bases for the last year and a half. Open time is full in every base with plenty of great credit and commutable trips. I pick up trips when I want to work; and don't when I don't.
But please go right ahead and keep sittin on your couch waiting for CS to call you for your next jungle turn that a lineholder dropped cause the grid was green...
"live in base, SCR reserve forever, wear 2.5 hour leash" GTFO
I have dropped in my base and picked up in almost all of our bases for the last year and a half. Open time is full in every base with plenty of great credit and commutable trips. I pick up trips when I want to work; and don't when I don't.
But please go right ahead and keep sittin on your couch waiting for CS to call you for your next jungle turn that a lineholder dropped cause the grid was green...
Ive never worked less or made more than on rsv in base. So if you get a jungle turn or two, you probably got paid to hang out at home the last four days with not flying at all. And you more or less avoid the jungle turns by bidding the correct rap although you may fly more overall.
Bidding out of the base you live in and can hold because you think you can do better or because you’ve actually done better for a period of time is mine playing with fire. You will get burned and it will hurt a lot.
06-08-2023 | 08:55 PM
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Vegas also has many more long call slots than other bases due to the amount of trips that start with a redeye. It's a 14 hr callout so it's pretty easy to commute with it.
