Originally Posted by
Coto Pilot
Isn't the 4:03 paid for each reserve day, not just field standby? I don't think there is a premium paid for having to drive to and sit at the airport. Under the new system as I read it, you can't just check your schedule, you have to call. What happens when nobody answers as is fairly common now? You can't go home? The people that wrote this haven't sat CAL reserve for a long time.
My point with the 4:03 is that you are being paid. Premium kicks in after two assignments.
Here's the language concerning checking your schedule at the end of assignment:
20-K-1-d After blocking in at the termination of a Trip, a Reserve must check to see if he
has been given an assignment or reassignment in accordance with Section 20-I-6-h
(Reserve Additional Flying Provisions).
Logging in to CCS will no doubt suffice. In fact, I'd be willing to be that simply checking your phone for messages would suffice, although that's something to run by the Union first.
After truly studying this new reserve system, I think it's pretty good (from a CAL perspective). No more rolling of days off, everyone starts as long call, the ability to "own" your trip, and strict guidelines for reassignments into days off.
The big concern that everyone seems to be Field Standby. Again, it's hardly ever used because it's typically not to the company's advantage. At CAlEX, we used it all the time after 9/11 because we were severely overstaffed. It sucked ( I did a lot of it ) but it was better than the alternative of more furloughs and downgrades. You can almost think of it as a barometer for staffing.