Pros
Delta's "Rules of the Road" are the foundation for a great workplace- if only they were for all employees. Flight benefits that you can't use- impossible to get time off. Benefits for full time/benefited workers are good. Allowed to trade shifts, but difficult as always under staffed and overworked.
Cons
It is impossible to get time off. Ready Reserves work all holidays, all weekends This is normal in the airline industry, as scheduling is based on seniority, but being unable to ever drop shifts or get unpaid personal days is not. Any personal time (other than death in family) is usually denied in favor of a benefited full time employee. They get paid vacation time, at least twice a year and are able to have time off to use flight benefits. Ready Reserve is supposed to be a part time job, but we work 5 days a week just like benefited employees. Our shifts are 2 hours less than full time shifts. We are expected to have the same knowledge, skills, and responsibility as benefited employees. We are held to the same standards. Absolutely a 2nd class of workers. In Nashville, Ready Reserves are waiting as long as 7 years to be upgraded to benefited worker.