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Flightsoffusion
To those who came back with constructive comments, thanks kindly. I apologise for not clarifying my question. I would most likely make the drive also.I was just curious if there was a lot of almost getting back to SAN when getting called back to base again. If this was the case that would mean there are a lot of one-day trips which I believe is not the case, correct? My last job I was at for 15 years and was on call pretty much 7/24 and it was a lot of driving back and forth an hour each way. Some days I was called back several times in one day. You can imagine, that got old pretty quick. I think that was a rare situation and that Compass is a lot more organised than the news business was. Again, thank you for your constructive replies. 121 is as foriegn to me as good seafood on the West Coast.
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Being on call at Compass is much different than at a 91 operation. We have three types of reserve now. First is regular reserve which is typically a 14 hour block in which you have to be contactable and able to report within 2 hours. Second is airport ready reserve. This is an 8 hour block where you have to be at the airport and able to report within 15 minutes. The last is long call reserve. This is new, and I am not completely familiar with it, but you have at least a 12ish hour call out. There is a very limited amount of log call reserve, and someone with more experience with it can give better details. With any of the reserves, if you are called to fly, 15 minutes after you block in, you are released until your next assignment. So, if you report for your 8 hour block of ready reserve at 06:30 and they immediately call you to do a SAN turn that finishes at 9:30, make sure you don't pick up your phone after 9:45. They can't let you get almost home, and then call you back. Do plan on making the drive quite a bit on reserve though. Many reserve assignments are 1 day trips that are broken off of some other trip, re-position and ferry flights, and ready reserve.