Originally Posted by
Red Five
Although it might be an improvement from the PWA, that 1000 report is worse than the noon report the company has been using since FAR 117. That was a big QOL win when the company self imposed that, and it kept me home a few nights where I would have been gone previously.
Trying hard not be be a negative person but I'm just not seeing the advantages for commuting reserves here. Especially in categories that don't typically meet the max reserve each month. And that 137 pilots number isn't much compared to the numbers of hirees in the next few years, compared to the QOL changes brought on.
I don't disagree with a thing you're saying fwiw.
The main benefit is the ADG. SC went to 12 hours from notification from 10 which basically covers the 2 hour period that could have been previously used for a commute. 2 hour commute was retained for day 1 IF they assign it prior to 1500 on your last x day. I view it as you still have to be in base no sooner than 1200 on day 1. You just have to be ready to go if you're on SC. To me that's way better than 5am potentially.
What the company chooses to do outside of the PWA (ie noon on day 1) can also be taken away. Having 10am with a de facto noon earliest start, in the PWA, is locked in now. It used to be 5am. Don't keno about you, but I frequently had an early RAP on day 1 requiring a commute in the night before.
I don't know about the 2 hour early release. I'll have to dig a bit more on that one.