Originally Posted by
GrumpyPilot
I really hope they use the Airways reserve and build a new system from it. Here are a few things on our reserve, 1. Only short call is required to be in base and you bid long call or short call for the month (not on a daily basis), 2. When you get a trip, it is yours, and when you finish you get 10 hours off, and if it finishes on your last day thats it, your done, 3. Your position on the list is based on hours flown, no complex formula, no tricks, 4. by 1p the day before they assign all open flying to long calls first then short calls if not enough LC available, so if you get a trip you actually get more than 10 hours. But there is room for improvement, we could get 12-13 days off, the ability to bid for RAPs on a daily basis, 12 hours callouts for long call, or limits on Duty day from the beginning of the RAP, just to name a few...
I don't know how much reserve you've sat but most of your post is incorrect.
When you get a trip it is, most definitely, not 'yours'. Scheduling can pull you off and reschedule at anytime but the report can not be earlier.
As a short call you must be available for reschedule at any point until you are released into your rest period prior to the trip. Meaning, if you were to get a trip at 1pm the day prior - daily could call 2 minutes later, pull you off and send you to the airport right now.
When you finish a trip you may get up to 16 hours off depending on the segments flown ( domestic v intl ).
Your position on the list has virtually nothing to do with hours flown. It is predicated first on days of availability which is going to get you 90 % of the time, then the reserve report time, then by seniority if 2 pilots have equal hours flown and lastly pay hours for the month vacation etc.