P2Ps please explain how the new Christmas only reserve required formula works. The best I can figure: less lines with Christmas off and no swaps because reserves won't be = or > than reserves required.
More pilots obligated to the company over Christmas.
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W. Reserves Required 20 21 1. Formulae values and definitions: 22 a. A = number of reserve pilots scheduled to be on call in category for the entire specific 23 day on D. 24 b. B = variable buffer applied to LMD based upon the number of days between the 25 application of the formula and D:duty periods scheduled on the specific day 26 1) 0-2 days = 5%. 27 2) 3-10 days = 7.5%. 28 3) 11 or more days = 10%. 29 c. D = date for which the formula is applied. 30 d. Oc. C = number of open rotations on D that last appeared in open time three or more 31 days prior to report. 32 e. R = number of reserves required in category on D, as determined by Section 23 W. 2. 33 f. “Day to be dropped” means: 34 1) a day on which a regular pilot is scheduled to be on a rotation and on which, if his 35 requested swap is granted, he will not be scheduled to be on a rotation. 36 2) a day to which a reserve pilot is requesting to move an X-day. 37 g. “Day to be added” means: 38 1) a day on which a regular pilot is not scheduled to be on a rotation and on which, if 39 his requested swap is granted, he will be scheduled to be on a rotation. 40 2) a day from which a reserve pilot is requesting to move an X-day. 41 h. “Last minute demand” (LMD) means the number of rotations operating on D that last 42 appeared in open time less than three days prior to report and that are expected to be 43 awarded/assigned as reserve or and premium pay flying, calculated by multiplying the 44 number of published rotations scheduled to operate on D by a coefficient which is 45 23-61
determined by historic demand over the least recent 36 of the last 37 months:duty 1 periods that were assigned on the specific day 2 1) in the type of category (status and classification as narrowbody or widebody), 3 2) on the type of day (weekend day or not weekend day), and 4 3) in the type of bid period d. D = the rolling 24 month average, by position, of 5 C/B for: 6 1) Non-holiday weekdays (summer bid period or not and non-summer bid periods) 7 2) Non-holiday weekend days (summer and non-summer bid periods) 8 3) Holidays: 9 i. for the Christmas holiday period the factor will be increased 50% above the 10 average of all holidays, and 11 ii. for holiday periods other than the Christmas holiday period the factor will be 12 reduced by 6.25% below the average of all holidays 13 e. E = number of duty periods scheduled to operate on a specific day 14 f. F = D x E (rounded up to next higher integer) 15 g. G = Average number of duty periods in open time for the 12 months prior to the bid 16 period). as measured seven days prior to any duty day (rounded up to next higher 17 integer) 18 ih. H = Actual number of duty periods that are in open time to be covered on any duty 19 day 20 i. I = H - G (minimum value is 0) 21 j. J = G - H = open time buffer (minimum value is 0) 22 k. “Summer bid period” means June, July, or August. 23 jl. “Weekend day” means Saturday or Sunday.