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CALFO
1. Unpaid field standby: Yes, currently in the CAL contract. Seldom, if ever, used. I understand that the new contract pays 4.03.
2. Check in after last leg: Yes, you can simply log into CCS and see if there is an assignment. If not, you're free to go.
3. CMS to ignore FIFO: CAL doesn't use FIFO, assignment is at Crew Scheduling discretion.
That's why the guys are saying it looks like CAL's reserve system.
UAL currently pays 5.0 for a four hour field standby. The JCBA TA pays nothing. Used all the time! That's bothersome.
Check in after last leg currently not required under the UAL System. They need to catch you before you get off the plane. No requirement for checkin.
FIFO is honored at UAL. They have a trick of two to get around it but there has been numerous grievances awarded where the crew desk ignored FIFO and gave assignements over the holidays that should have gone to someone else by FIFO. That's bothersome as well.
Thanks for the info!