Originally Posted by
bkaz
Nice review of Reserve life at CAL.
As a comparison, as a reserve at UAL
1. You can aggressively pick up open trips at 24 hrs out or 11:00 AM the day prior, whichever is earlier.
2. You can pick up a trip with your days of availability or one less.
3. Once you pick up or are assigned a trip, you are not phone available before report time. No periods of reserve availability before a report either.
4. On last day of availability, if not assigned a trip, you are released at 12:00 for long call and 15:00 for short call.
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Bkaz,
Great overview. I do have two corrections and one piece of additional information that has worked well for me in the past.
1. You can aggressively pick up open trips at
28 hrs out or 11:00 AM the day prior, whichever is earlier. (Maybe that's why you kept missing out on those sweet trips.
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20-J-2-f
4. On last day of availability, if not assigned a trip, you are released at
10:00 AM for long call and 15:00 for short call.
5-G-1-e-(6)-(b)
Also, the top 20% of available reserves in domicile/fleet/seat are not included in the normal reserve profile. In other words, if you are a senior reserve, or a lineholder slumming for a better schedule, the top 20% will get their 12 days off placed where ever they bid for them. (IOW, if you are too junior to get weekends off as a lineholder, you can bid reserve with weekends off and the company will have to honor it; as long as you are in the top 20% of available reserves.)
5-G-1-e-(9)