WMUSIGPI
The $100,000,000 Question
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- Jan 23, 2003
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Ok Siggi Pipi, I will bite. Did you not realize when you took the left seat of the 900 that you were a very junior person going to a very senior airplane? I think that you did. And I can probably assume that you knew you would be on reserve at the bottom of the list. You still get paid way more than you would if you were a Saab Captain for your longevity doing considerably less work. How much have you actually flown on reserve, anyway? I know that ready reserve is pretty bad but it kinda goes with the territory for where you are right now. If it is REALLY that bad you could just go back to the Saab, you know. I am sure you could hold a nice schedule on that right now.
Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeya.
I realized everything EXCEPT that they were going to start implementing ready reserve. It hadn't been used at any time I was here as FO. I fully expected to at best hold build up reserve. I have no issues sitting at home on straight reserve. It isn't the greatest but not a big deal for me. I have spent most of my career past flight instruction sitting on call. The only times I sat around the airport before though was while on a charter or air ambulance trip. And that would be in a MUCH more comfortable FBO, (with a tv to watch the games on the weekend). Depending on how things go I may very well bid back to the Saab down the road. For now I'm just riding this out and hoping that RR is just around for this growth phase. And once they get the staffing set back normally (which granted is understaffed) then RR will go away.