Originally Posted by
georgetg
No, the discrepancy is between the count of "how many guys are actually on reserve" in the Reserve Availability Screen in iCrew and the count of "how many guys are actually on reserve" on the Reserves Required Screen.
For example the Reserves Required Screen shows 5 reserves required and 2 available, yet for the same day 6 pilots are on short call.
Now I'm with you. I believe the reason is that, to count as a "Reserve Available," a pilot must be on call for the entire day. A pilot who begins short call at noon is not on call the entire day, as he is at rest 0000-1200. Before he was assigned that short call, he was counted in Reserves Available, but once the short call and the requisite prior 12 hours' rest was put on his line, he was not.
OTOH, a pilot who carries a short call into a day from the previous day does count in that day's Reserves Available because he is on call, i.e., not at rest, for the entire day.