Originally Posted by
IFLYPLANEZBRO
Ok well first off I don't believe they can extend rap + 16 unless that was recently changed. And reserve is reserve man. If they put you up in a hotel in another base to be on reserve there they can do that. You are a back up pilot. Also I'm pretty sure the longest they can put you on ready is 4 hrs. It might have been 6? I remember guys in my crash pad working for transtates that had to do 12 hr ready reserve shifts. And they did it back to back days.
I went back and tried to find a source for you, but our new and improved web site doesn't allow much searching. Basically they are saying under 117 that you can go beyond 16 hours, especially if it is a deadhead that is the last leg. Again, sorry I couldn't find the exact wording, but it was something that SAPA has brought up multiple times.
I agree with you that the company should be able to have you sit reserve in other domiciles, but why would you not do something as simple as making a OBR yes/no like they do for call first? If you have to sit reserve and you are getting a hotel or at a crash pad, would you not volunteer to sit OBR? Again, one simple thing that would make QOL for reserves better, but nothing will ever happen with it. And in the reserve guide it specifically says that 8 hours is the limit for RR, but CS has been trying to assign more than 8 hours. Probably hoping that the FNG's won't know the rules and do it.
Originally Posted by
IFLYPLANEZBRO
But yes I agree with you being on call is a huge hit on qol. Hence why I won't do corporate flying. But really there is no need to act like reserve at Skywest is THE WORST THING EVER. Cause it's not man.
There are definitely a few things they could change to make it better. Like call in senority order instead of jr to senior and give the senior guys the option of picking it up until everyone below him is used. That would be cool for if you are trying to break guarantee.
And proffering as you mentioned. Also set up required reserves based on something. That way the number doesn't change willy nilly. So that line holders can drop and trade more reliably.
How it is right now isn't horrible but yes it could be better for the pilots.
Proffering was supposed to be implemented but TG is using the excuse that it was something that KB agreed to and not him. Man how nice would it be if we could go back and take away things that previous SAPA leaders had agreed to that didn't work for the pilot group? Bucket system was a huge give away and someone on the forums said that SLC used to be min 7 and is now 25 despite the base shrinking. I have to respectfully disagree that reserve here isn't horrible. You get to see all the little tricks after years of reserve and all the new pilots should be very thankful they only had to spend limited time on-call.