Originally Posted by jsled
reserve pick up option: allows you to pick up a trip in open time 28 hrs prior to departure on the computer without crew sched involvement.
Originally Posted by APC225
Reserves can pickup after 9am the day before, not 28 hours.
We have two aggressive pickup windows: for long-call A reserves 0900-1100 each day for the next day. For short-call B reserves, 1200-1300 each day. Can only pick up trips which match your days of availability unless you are available 5-6 days then you can pick up 4-day trips. An A reserve picking up for his first reserve day after days off is released or not phone liable until checkin on that first day. The B-reserve can pick up for his first day BUT crew scheduling can and often does assign a call block prior to your show time as well.
And a reserve cannot do anything without talking to cs. You always have to talk to cs for anything as a reserve.
ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE! There have been months on reserve where I NEVER talked to crew scheduling. I used the aggressive pickup window to choose the trips I wanted. You can avoid talking to scheduling as a reserve pretty easily if you are proactive, check CCS as part of your normal trip routines, etc.