Originally Posted by
TQ Nola
That I don't know. I guess I could look it up, but I'm too lazy to. For me, the difference between moveable and not moveable days is next to nil.
Scheduling doesn't move a day unless they have a pressing, immediate need. They are not strategy-minded whatsoever. They won't look a week ahead of time and say "my, we need an extra FO on the 20th, let's screw FO Nola." Their job is just a series of small fires they have to put out before they can go home and leave the chaos to the next guy. By the time they figure out they need to screw you, you should already be home with the phone turned off and a beer in your hand.
What I'm trying to say is (and chime in here if your mileage has varied), the times that Scheduling both need to move a day on you and can contractually alert you in time to make it happen are so rare as to be shocking when it happens.
edit: I have had Scheduling move a moveable to satisfy the 7 day rule. I think they can do this one time per month (if it makes a 'standalone' day off). Sometimes they just give you an extra day off, but that has become less common.
I've been on reserve since Feb 2012. In that time, only 2 months where I did not have my moveable moved.
6 times I was flown into day off.
4 times I was called and asked to fly at 10pm for a 2:30 am departure into my days off.
They did offer to move my new days off wherever I wanted them.
4th July 2012 on days off they called and left message asking me to fly. I did not return call.
The week before Christmas 2012, I had 1 day remaining of availability. They called at 10:02pm and offered me a 4 days trip at 2:30 am. Promised me Christmas Eve and Christmas off if I helped them out. I told him I had a very long day at home and respectfully declined.
Lots of times I get called at the last minute and get a rolling 24 off, not a calender day.
Reminder, your 24 off in 7 can be in a foreign country.
Long call doesn't mean much when they can call you at 7pm for a 825am domestic flight without being on a RAP. Good luck commuting in for that one. I live in base and pretty much have to.
Since last Feb 2012 premium pay has never been offered to reserves in my status.
In my whole time at AA i've never recieved premium pay. I've never signed up for it. Nor do I want it.
TQ Nola may be senior reserve on his aircraft, I do not know. I'm junior reserve. It's a different ball game.
Just my slice of life on reserve. As stated by all YMMV
Cheer,
7576FO