Originally Posted by MikeF16

I received a summons today for jury duty. I called scheduling (pilot support center closed) and they weren't terribly helpful -- the scheduler told me I would get the day of the summons off and that is it (reserve this month). As a commuter, there is no way I could stay in NYC until midnight and then make an 8am summons in San Antonio the following day but the scheduler didn't really care. I plan to call the PSC tomorrow and hopefully talk to somebody with both the authority to help and a little bit of common sense who will recognize the impossible situation scheduling is trying to put me in. I've read the PWA regarding legal duty (page 13-3 line 27); however, I'd like to hear from anybody else who had this happen while on reserve and see what it is reasonable to request/expect.

The fines for missing jury duty in San Antonio run from $100 to $1000 which I'd rather not subject myself to. Would it be reasonable to ask for either a positive space ticket home the night prior, or the day off prior to my summons to allow me the maximum number of chances to commute home? My jury duty begins on a Wednesday, no idea how long it will last -- would it be reasonable to ask for Tues-Fri as unscheduled legal duty and then update the PSC as the situation dictates? I'm not trying to game the system, just trying to figure out what would be considered the norm so I don't make a fool of myself and ask for something that my chief pilot would consider unreasonable. Not sure if it matters, but for the time in question, the reserve required is only 1, and the number available ranges from 10-13.

Thanks!