Originally Posted by Alan Shore

A golden X-day is a "hard non-fly day," as opposed to a normal X-day, which is a "soft non-fly day," and a reserve pilot may not be inversely assigned on a hard non-fly day. The upshot of this is that a reserve pilot is automatically released at noon before the start of a golden X-day and may not be inversely assigned to fly on or into his golden X-day. Also, Crew Scheduling must make effort to avoid rerouting him into a golden X-day.



Yes. A reserve pilot can only be flown into an X-day (not golden) as an inverse assignment, and that always generates premium pay for any duty period that touches an X-day.