R0GER BALL

This might say it all. Lol.
Sorry man. That is EXACTLY what we are talking about.

MtnFlying, meet Ready Reserve.
Ready Reserve, meet MtnFlying.

MtnFlying

So are there three levels of reserve now or did they kill the 2-hour call out? What are the new reserve rules going to be?

SkychickenFO

No nothing that drastic was changed. It’s still long call (12hr callout) short call am/pm (2hr call out) and ready reserve the changes made were to aspects of ready reserve assignment and notification and missed the mark pretty bad in terms of what the pilot group actually wanted.

MtnFlying

Thanks. How often do you swap between ready reserve and and short call? Say for a "normal" four day assigned reserve week, is it split 2 and 2 or is it a little more complicated based on bidding and seniority? I'm assuming the long call reserve goes more senior from what I've been reading..

Thanks for putting up with all of my newb questions. I do appreciate everyone's input.

SeveereTurb

Okay! I appreciate it and I definitely agree that it’s constantly changing. There’s been some people I know still on reserve after a year or so on both the ERJ and CRJ but at other regionals with growth the reserve time is much less. I just wanted to see what was actually going on before I made my decision. Thank you

Claxstarr

I mean, Covid stopped everything cold. But by next month everything will be moving at pre-pandemic speeds.
For reference… I sat reserve for 3 weeks before I got a line. If you’re willing to go to the junior base for a line, you will most likely be able to hold one very very quickly.

R0GER BALL

Everything reserve is assigned- you get zero choice. RR is bend over and grab your ankles and thank you sir can I have another. The Ready was only temporary for the Salt Lake Olympics I do hear. If done in the domicile you live in I guess it’s probably ok. Of course, they won’t let you go home. Worse is reserve 5 days on, 2 off, via a two leg commute…. I guess one or two west coasters in this company commuted to DTW…for a long time.

I came from the outside world myself. Transportation industry too. Thought and questioned many of the same things as you. The reality is this is a great job in a terribly ********* industry. Flying is great.

But don’t sweat it. Recommend that you just know that there is a big suck at the start. The company isn’t trying to ruin your life, it’s just the business. If I heard right, crews got to DEN last night and there were no hotel rooms available for them…… That really sucks.

I was mil fix wing, there was suck there too. Although, at least we had hotel rooms.

Just leave the ascot home.

journeybird

I like how people justify having 11 days off when the rest of your time is spent away from home, or are spent commuting, or whatev.

I've worked since I was 7, cleaning buildings with my parents. I got paid $2 a night, and some of you guys have an ego boner about working abusive work hours. Demand more, expect better. You and/or your family deserve it.

TimetoClimb

true, but the days off are Monday-Wednesday

captive apple

Reserve is a fantastic part time job until you lose your sanity. Then it breaks you and your family.


edit. These RR changes are legacy ZM works. ZM has a lot of fans because he had good intentions but all of his policies made things worse. The RESERVE guy before him had a lot of great stuff almost signed before he left. None of those survived because they were gains not ground losing compromises.