Hi!
Other posters have said they think on the 15 day reserve schedule you will work probably 10 or 11 days. 15 is the max.
On the 18 day schedule, apparently, you WILL work, in some format, 18 days that month.
10% of each fleet's pilots WILL be on the 15 day schedule, which is why you could get junior manned if need be.
The 18 day reserve will be up to 40% of each fleet pilots. It is voluntary. The only restriction, is that if less pilots bid for the 18 day schedule than were on it the last bid period (3 periods of 4 months per year), there is a limit on how much the % of the fleet pilots on the 18 day schedule can go.
For instance, if 30% of the Ultra pilots are on the 18 day schedule during a bid period, and ALL of them wanted off the next bid, that number may only be allowed to decrease to 25% of the pilots, so pilots may be junior manned in that situation also.
The above is scenario is pretty complicated, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
Have A Nice Day!
cliff
GRB