Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
I've commuted to reserve for a handful of years now, I never really got the guys that acted like sitting in the crashpad not getting used was the worst thing in the world. Get paid thousands of dollars a month so sit around and watch TV and movies all day and enjoy the weather outside sometimes? I'll take it versus actually working, even if it is away from home.
I did 2 months EWR to LAX, and had days where all 5 days reserve I wasn’t used. I felt like my life was wasted in the pad sitting around waiting. Felt like my family would have been much better off if I was home during that time. Getting called was a blessing, it got me out of the pad to go fly. To be fair, I had just upgraded after 11 years and I wanted to be called.
But hands down I’d rather fly 4 days then sit in a crash pad 4 days.