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01-04-2023, 03:43 AM

#101

But seriously

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Originally Posted by Pilot4000

Can you drink a beer while playing that golf game? No? Then you're working.

If you can't turn your cell phone off or drink a beer, then you are working.

Why can’t you let him define his own QOL? If you live in base and don’t mind the uncertainty (the uncertainty definitely weighs on some more than others), my experience is that you spend WAY more time at home on RSV than with a line. I won’t argue that sitting SC is a day off, but if half the time my work day consists of a round of golf and dinner with the fam… its not such a bad gig.

01-04-2023, 04:01 AM

#102

Random Task

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Live in base. Bid reserve. Blocked 72 hrs from August through the end of the year. Would have spent far more time away from home had I bid a line.

01-04-2023, 04:03 AM

#103

JTwift

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Originally Posted by Random Task

Live in base. Bid reserve. Blocked 72 hrs from August through the end of the year. Would have spent far more time away from home had I bid a line.

Commuter here. Was on reserve over the summer (NOT a choice, fyi). Didn't have an unused reserve day for 4 months. It was hell.

01-04-2023, 05:59 AM

#104

TFAYD

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Originally Posted by JTwift

Commuter here. Was on reserve over the summer (NOT a choice, fyi). Didn't have an unused reserve day for 4 months. It was hell.

this is the more typical experience!

most of the “I blocked 5 hours over 4 months” stories are WB during the off season on an underutilized fleet (think 777 when the PW were grounded)

01-04-2023, 06:48 AM

#105

Furloughedboi

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Random Task

Live in base. Bid reserve. Blocked 72 hrs from August through the end of the year. Would have spent far more time away from home had I bid a line.

Yeah this def depends on fleet and base

01-04-2023, 07:54 AM

#106

ThumbsUp

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What the last few posts highlighted is why a random-sampled poll of 600 pilots will likely result in very few improvements to reserve. That assumes that the questionnaire is even worded in a manner to address it.

01-04-2023, 09:06 PM

#107

ugleeual

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Originally Posted by Furloughedboi

Yeah this def depends on fleet and base

like everything else in this career field. One known fact, don’t bid an upgrade or WB FO if your going to be on reserve and commute… self inflicted pain. If you live in domicile then you bid based on what level of schedule stability you need… like everything pay benefits vs schedule flexibility… you decide.

01-05-2023, 05:20 AM

#108

hummingbear

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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp

APC is hardly a random sampling. A truly “random-sampled” poll of 600 pilots certainly would include many current reserve pilots, and is more likely to represent the majority experiences & opinions than is a public online b!+¢h thread- your assumption remaining constant.

01-05-2023, 05:26 AM

#109

Hedley

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Originally Posted by hummingbear

Polling on APC is like polling on the Berkeley campus or a NRA convention and thinking that the data represents a larger population. It’s an echo chamber, not a sample.😂😂

01-05-2023, 06:32 AM

#110

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Originally Posted by hummingbear

That's incorrect, at least statistically. Sampling bias is inherent in the system we have. No one really cares about a stats lesson here, so I'll just let you google why that is.