Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Wait a minute, there's some confusion here:
H. RESERVES
1. A reserve pilot will be on-call for a period beginning one (1) hour prior to
the first scheduled departure from his domicile, and ending upon the last
scheduled departure from his domicile. Notwithstanding the above, a
reserve pilot may be contacted by the Company no later than 2300 local
time on the day prior to reserve duty, and assigned to begin flight duty
prior to the beginning of the on-call period. A reserve pilot will not be oncall
in excess of seventeen (17) hours per day.
Assume the DTW base, and assume the earliest flight leaves at 5am and the last flight leaves at 11:00pm.
It says a reserve pilot will be on call for one hour prior to the first scheduled departure and ending upon scheduled departure of the last flight from the domicile.
As the example above, assume the first flight leaves at 5am, so one hour before means start reserve at 4 am, and goes alllll the way until 11:00pm (last scheduled departure out of DTW)?!?
Have I interpreted the contract correctly?
That is why you would be on call starting at 5am. If I am not mistaken, the first flight leaves around 0630 and the last flight around 2230. You would never be on reserve for 17 hours. It is either 5-17 or 10-22, and you might have to do ready reserve at the airport. It all depends on what reserve line you get. Scheduling was always good with me when I was on reserve. If I can remember right, the shortest call out they gave me was 2 hours. You also have to remember, you have to take scheduling with a grain of salt. I was always professional with them and curtious. Some people give them a real bad attitude, and in return, scheduling doesn't respect them. I have never been called for a junior man on a day off, and they have always hooked me up with good flying when I was on reserve. And to answer your question about there phone number, yes it does come up on caller id. I have it saved in my phone so I know it is them when they call.