Originally Posted by
BMEP100
With these new work rules, (500pages) you would think something as basic as getting a lost day off back would be simple. At least that is what I am used to the last 27 years. So my 4 day turned into a 5 day when our last leg home cancelled for mechanical. We deadheaded home the next day and when I called skeds to get my day off restored - I found that their interpretation of the rules are that because we deadheaded, no reassignment rules apply for day off restoration! Wow! It took me a couple hours of searching these 500 pages to come up with NOTHING in concrete, to say that I am due the day off. There is not even a definition of the term reassignment! Defining terms in any agreement is fundamental. Well, it must keep some lawyers in work. I will be working on this next week. The futures scheduler ( this is new too) was very nice in explaining how her bosses interpret what constitutes the requirement for restoring a day off. BTW, this is a 757.
Under your scenario you are not entitled to the day off being restored.
Reference 20-N Restoration of Lineholder Lost Day Off:
20-N-1
When a Lineholder is reassigned into a day or days off under the provisions of Sections 20-F-2, 20-I-5-a, 20-I-12 (Step Seven), 20-I-13 (Step Eight), or 20-J and his schedule does not require a repair due to the Minimum Day Off provisions of Section 5, that day or days off shall be restored according to the provisions of this Section 20-N.
The bold section above is the key. Your DH back to base does not fall within those parameters as reassignment.
However, you will get:
20-L-6 Add Pay for Reassignments
20-L-6-a Late Pay. A Lineholder shall receive fifty percent (50%) Add Pay for all scheduled Flight Time and Deadhead Time after his original Arrival time.
20-L-6-b Day-Off Pay. A Pilot shall receive fifty percent (50%) Add Pay for all scheduled Flight Time and Deadhead Time on a day off (regardless of whether the day off is restored).
Scheduler is correct and recent response to a PDR confirmed this with the above referenced sections.