Originally Posted by
JoeyMeatballs
Well, what if I I have been off for 4 days with plenty of rest and I get called for a JA? (Ex. Hey, can you make it to the airport in 2 hrs?), you mean to tell me I can't say yes?, I have to wait 10hrs?, that's ridiculous if that's how it is
The issue is, C/S doesn't "force" a JA on us,they call and ask "if" we can do it. When I have been JA, the conversation goes like this, "hey Joe, this is xxxxx from scheduling, are you able to do the MCO turn tonight, show time is 3 hrs from now?" - how is that "forcing"?
I'm not sure how Spirit works, but at DAL we have the option of going into the computer and putting in a white slip (pickup flying at straight pay) or green slip (picking up time at premium pay). If you have already put in said requests and scheduling calls you with flying to match your requests, then that is considered volunteering to fly, you are self-affirming rest, not a problem.
If however, scheduling is desperate for bodies and is "reaching out and touching someone" and gets hold of you--EVEN THOUGH you have not put in any request to pick up flying--that is considered an "inverse assignment" (IA). I assume it is the same as your junior man. In the case of an IA, you MUST get ten hours rest from that call, no matter if you haven't drunk alcohol in your life and you just woke from 12 hours asleep and you live five minutes from the airport.