Originally Posted by FangsF15

You are not necessarily stuck. As the other fellas already noted, One way to change your schedule is "move X Days" but that does' change the number of Reserve days you have, it just moves them.

It sounds like you talked to scheduling about it, but the other way I didn't see discussed is Personal Drop (P/D) via PCS. That's the only way to get rid of/drop a Reserve day, but the "4-99-4" rules already discussed don't apply to a P/D. For example, you can drop the middle day of a 3-day period, and create two single days of Reserve. BUT, There has to be excess reserve on the day in question - Look in Open Time in iCrew for "Pilot Reserve Levels". If there is not a surplus in blue, you can't P/D the day (APD is different). Also, you will lose approx 1/17th of your month's pay...

Originally Posted by HTBH

I'm still fairly new, but I'm not sure if this is correct. You can P/D reserve days as long as the coverage allows it and lose that day of pay. But I'm not sure you can violate the reserve rules when you do it. So let's say you have a 3-99-4 for example. If you had a 5 day block of reserve I'm not sure you can drop the middle day of it because it would violate the 3 day rule. I'm pretty sure I've been denied a drop even though there was plenty of coverage for this reason.

If somebody knows more, please let me know but I think I've been blocked for this reason.

Originally Posted by RockyBoy

It's not the cause of either crash and that is why Airbus doesn't have anything to fix. There are ways to control the aircraft even if the other guy is doing something different. It's been the same system for over 30 years now. It's even more safe than a Boeing because in a Boeing it becomes a fight of who is stronger. In an Airbus you can completely isolate the other side stick. What happens in Boeing if a guy croaks and slumps over on the controls or if he is a maniac and is stronger than the other guy?

Boeings have the advantage of letting the other guy see and feel what is going on. That would be nice and it does increase SA, but this Captain knew he needed more nose down pitch. He didn't need to feel and see that through the controls. He would have gotten what he wanted had he pushed the button on the side stick or had a partner that recognized a stall and recovered properly. I say that realizing Monday morninging this deal is easy. It would suck to actually have to recover from an unusual attitude and stall in the airplane.....but we are trained to do just that almost every CQ.

Originally Posted by RockyBoy

You still can't violate the reserve rules with the PD. Once you get down to a block of 3 days of reserve, the only way to get rid of the middle day is to drop all three days. The other one that gets you is if you have a stretch of more than 7 days you sometimes cannot drop the middle days because it may create another off day grouping and you are only allowed 4 of those in a 3-99-4 category.

Originally Posted by RockyBoy

You still can't violate the reserve rules with the PD. Once you get down to a block of 3 days of reserve, the only way to get rid of the middle day is to drop all three days. The other one that gets you is if you have a stretch of more than 7 days you sometimes cannot drop the middle days because it may create another off day grouping and you are only allowed 4 of those in a 3-99-4 category.

Originally Posted by RockyBoy

You still can't violate the reserve rules with the PD. Once you get down to a block of 3 days of reserve, the only way to get rid of the middle day is to drop all three days. The other one that gets you is if you have a stretch of more than 7 days you sometimes cannot drop the middle days because it may create another off day grouping and you are only allowed 4 of those in a 3-99-4 category.

Originally Posted by Denny Crane

Actually, I think with a PD as in "payback day," you can drop that middle day..

Denny

Originally Posted by MikeF16

I guess I was incorrect, I thought PB, PD, and APD could all break the 3-99-5 rule.

I had reserve 1-5 December and used a PB day on 3 December. I had reserve from 24-27 December and was able to use my APD on the 25th and then X-day move to get the 27th off.

Originally Posted by RockyBoy

For good or just for the next trip? I've fully embraced the selective slam clicker lifestyle. Haven't quite built up the courage to go full on slam clicker.

Originally Posted by forgot to bid

Sleepy introverts unite!