Originally Posted by
Rhino Driver
CD, I don't really understand this. If you had a RES day (one day on call at the end of the month), and a REG line the following month, how did the company violate your XX day's? You don't have XX days with a line, and therefore don't bid golden days during REG months. How would a golden day have helped you in this scenario on your last day on call? With the exception of REROUTE, you don't ever have to fly on your off days. There are many ways around that.
There are provisions for schedule changes regarding spill trips, and this may be what happened to you, but a golden day wouldn't have helped you in this case.
You're right, words matter. In my mind, any day that i'm not on reserve or flying a trip (as part of line), is an X day or day off. I get your point and you're technically correct. But being worked into my days off (via the bid month change/spillover) is not something i'm a big fan of doing. What I was getting at, is it would be nice to have a way of bidding a golden day (or whatever you wish to call it) in the next month, whether it's a line or not, when you have reserve on the last day of the previous bid month. I did not intentionally bid a one day block on the last day of the month so I was stuck with it (couldn't move it due to manning). The failed TA has some provisions for just these types of issues, we'll see if it makes it into TA2.
The main reason I always drop a golden day at the end of reserve block is for the auto release at noon. While it may never be an issue, it can't hurt to have it there.