Originally Posted by
GAPILOT36
Overall if you live in base on Reserve how is it? Reading all above seems you could hardly commute to reserve.
Also what time does an average reserve pilot tell sked he/she will be at gate when called out??
Last question, how does the upgrade policy work exactly. Is it by equipment in base or system overall or any aircraft overall??
Thanks
I live in base. I have 66 hours so far this month. I am on reserve on the 777. The most senior airplane. Many commute to reserve, they are crazy or fearless.
I have a friend 737 FO reserve. He flies alot, almost every day.
We never tell a crew scheduler when you'll be there. Lots of times you are assigned a trip for tomorrow at Noon to 2pm today. And the traffic in Miami is crazy. So never commit to a time.
Today I was called at 1pm and assigned an all nighter tonight. I got home yesterday morning at 4am.
Upgrade policy? We used to have a mandatory upgrade policy that one year after someone jr to you in base upgraded, you had to upgrade. That was put on hold after Sept 2001. I think it is totally done away with on the new contract.