Originally Posted by
hypoxia
Let's say you are jumpseating in to sit reserves. Your jumpseat arrives before the reserve period. I'm guessing there is no staging protection because reserves is not a trip, for that matter, an airport standby assignment is not a "trip" either?
That would be my interpretation, but it would depend on the number of days of reserve, too. So, if I had 1 day, possible, then what's the worst they can assign me duty time wise - an out and back? Well, then how early is my jumpseat show time?
They way I've always handled R days was to go first fly on at least the first day. If I get assigned a trip, then I jumpseat in using S (unless international), if I don't, I go to the airport and catch pax jumpseat to MEM, or use bank if I happen to have some.
Originally Posted by
hypoxia
Also, if you get assigned a long haul flight after you start reserves, could you be yanked from the trip because the look back from the showtime of the jumpseat you took to sit reserves gives the "flight commander" the impression you are not rested for duty?
If you don't miss a trip, you shouldn't have anything to worry about, as far as I understand it, but as we've recently seen, the 777 FC sees differently. It really should only come in to play if you actually miss a trip. Would be interesting to learn the fates of those two 777 FOs.
In practice, I, personally, don't jumpseat into international flights (GDL, TLC, YYZ, et al excluded) or Reserve. I know of a few folks that have jumpseated into reserve, and then arrived shortly after midnight. Guess who called at midnight with a trip assignment. That will get marked as an irregularity at a minimum, and most likely get you a letter.