Originally Posted by
contrail67
What is CAL's policy on reserve in this situation....you are going into 4 days off and get home on the first day..can they reassign you on day 2 for a trip or once you are gone you are on your days off...I keep hearing of them being able to move days off around.
Originally Posted by Andy
Section 25, Part 14, Para B:
Open time within BES will be assigned in the following order:
1. To a Lineholder who is on Company Business Available status.
2. To a Lineholder on RX duty status.
3. To a Lineholder on RA duty status.
4. To an available Reserve.
5. In seniority order to available Lineholders who have indicated that they desire
to be Junior Manned.
6. Junior assigned to a Lineholder in reverse order of seniority (Junior Manning). Junior Manning will be implemented for open Trip coverage only when priorities 1 through 5 have been exhausted, or within three (3) hours of scheduled departure time. A Lineholder who will be required to drop a Trip Pairing which would generate an additional Junior Manning requirement will be bypassed in the first attempt at coverage. Crew Scheduling, when notifying a pilot of such an assignment will clearly state that he is being Junior Manned. All assignments made under the provisions of this Paragraph will be fully documented by Crew Scheduling and forwarded to the System Chief Pilot within twenty-four (24) hours, with an information copy to the affected pilot, the Association, and his Base Chief Pilot within forty-eight (48) hours.
7. After the above steps have been exhausted, a pilot may be used in a lower Status.
Contrail67, with all due respect to Andy, the part of the contract he referenced really has nothing to do with the question you asked.
You asked about reserve. Under the L-CAL contract, we have MOVABLE and IMMOVABLE days when on reserve (generally 4 movable and 8 immovable if available the entire month). Your movable days can be "rolled" to later at the discretion of the company per operational necessity (which basically has no definition and means whenever they want to).
Essentially there are two different times to worry about under the L-CAL contract: 1500 and 1800. A reserve must check his schedule each day after 1500 to find out what the company is doing to you the next day (new call block, trip, etc.). A reserve is generally going to be released at 1800 on the day before a day off.
If you finish a trip prior to 1500, you must check your schedule to determine what they want you to do the next day. If you are going into MOVABLE days off and the company has not changed your schedule or rolled your days, you are automatically released to your next duty period (in this case your next set of reserve days). You do not have to recheck after 1500.
If you finish after 1500, check your schedule. If you finish after 1800, a reserve going into movable days off still has to check his schedule to make sure they haven't rolled your days or given you a trip. A reserve going into IMMOVABLE days off who finishes his trip after 1800 does not need to check his schedule.
Under your circumstances, if you are already in the middle of days off (day #2 of 4 you said above), you are not obligated to the company and they cannot touch you regardless of movable or immovable days. Technically there is not liability on your part to the company and they have no means of contacting you (i.e. a call block). DON'T ANSWER YOUR PHONE FROM SCHEDULING or at all. Screen your calls.