I usually submit a pay claim thru CCS since you will not see it reflected in your pay register until around the 10th on the following month. I do this just so there is a paper trail. They are suppose to handle it without the pay claim, but I do it anyways.

There is still a difference between the sCAL and sUAL rules with regards to this add pay. CAL is still using "A" and "B" reserves which falls under their contract '02, Section 25, Part 11, A-4. In this area the CAL contract is actually better in my opinion because you are compensated based on being converted alone, regardless of whether you are used.

With regards to the new UPA rules on "unused" short calls see the UPA_NextSteps-update7, pages 5-6.

In the next contract we need to go back to getting add pay for being converted alone, whether we are used or not. There should be no freebies (the first 2 currently) and they should be capped to a maximum number of conversions per month (like 4).