Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
You still can't violate the reserve rules with the PD. Once you get down to a block of 3 days of reserve, the only way to get rid of the middle day is to drop all three days. The other one that gets you is if you have a stretch of more than 7 days you sometimes cannot drop the middle days because it may create another off day grouping and you are only allowed 4 of those in a 3-99-4 category.
Originally Posted by
deadseal
I talked with another scheduler, and this is correct. You can drop whatever you want, but you have to stay within the 4-99-4 format. As crew dang told me, It seems like you can really work it using a couple iterations of pcs to slowly get things lined up the way you want. I've been in the line for 3 months now and just figuring out you can move/drop X and reserve days. I was never the smartest fish in the pond
Not true. A Personal Drop (P/D) is
not an X Day. I am in a 3-99-5 category, and have P/D days in every one of the last 5 months except November (because Reserve coverage was insufficient). In every one of those months, I have exceeded the maximum 5 'off' periods - because a P/D is NOT an X day, and thus does not trigger the rule. Again, "Move X days" is different, and must obey the rule. On the schedule, P/D displays in the "STAT" column just like "SICK". Additionally, I have P/D the middle of three days, and had two one-day periods of reserve in all those months. Want to see my schedule?
Hope that helps.
Originally Posted by
MikeF16
I was assuming the quote above was correct. Shedulers usually (but not always) know what they're talking about in their own sphere of expertise. If deadseal was told correctly, then a PD is different from a PB and APD. I can 100% verify that APD and PB can break the 3-99-5 rule since I did both this month. That make more sense?
I can add 100% verification that a Personal Drop P/D can break the 3-99-5 rule.