Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
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.
This is more restrictive than I thought.
Originally Posted by EWRflyr
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.
Thanks for the correction. I was wrong stating this as an absolute.