Originally Posted by
BigZatD
I've got a reserve question for you guys. I checked my schedule at 3 on my last off day and was assigned a 1200 short call the next day. Went to bed around 10p and shut my phone off. The next morning there was a message from scheduling asking me to acknowledge a trip that had a 1430 report time. They called around 12:15a. Went on to acknowledge and the trip was gone along with my 1200 short call. Just showed a res day. Was I required to answer my phone at midnight?
You left out one key fact - did you acknowledge the short call when you checked your schedule on your last no-fly day?
It really doesn't matter though as far as your question is concerned. Your situation is the heart of the current dispute over the contract language and the new FAR 117.
You better check your schedule and your time card to see if they hit you with a personal drop and docked your paycheck.
According to the document we thought was the contract you did
not have to answer the 12:15 am phone call. You could have slept peacefully and checked your messages when you got up, just as you did, and then acknowledged the trip at that time or any time up to 3 hours from report.
According to Steve Dickson you
did have to answer. Or at least check your messages at 2 AM. You were on long call from midnight to 2AM. Under his version of the contract you have to acknowledge at least 10 hours prior to sign-in.
If you didn't have short call the next day or if you haven't acknowledged it and you are just on long call, then Dickson's copy of the contract says you have to either leave your phone on and answer it or you have to check your messages every two hours all night long.
ALPA says they are defending the contract as written but they haven't provided any updates on whether they have been able to get anybody's pay restored. Management seems to be winning.