Originally Posted by
Probe
Short call abuse;
I cannot believe all the reserve whiners earlier in this thread. I just went back to the last day of last month, and the 21st of this month. Every fleet and seat in SFO, LAX, and DEN. I chose those because that is where the ones complaining were based.
What a joke. Sorry guys. The average reserve had 3 or 4 short calls. A few had 6. A very very very few had 7. Far more had 0 or 1, than 6 or 7. This is short call abuse? You want to hold off on a nice pay raise, early, along with several other enhancements, so you don't have to sit short call 3 or 4 times a month?
My credibility meter is pegged with anyone who complained about short call abuse.
Sorry, I gotta call it as I see it. Anyone is free to go to CCS under Trading/reserve availability and check it out for themselves.
Not only is there no "short call abuse", it looks like being on reserve is far better than it has ever been at United. I didn't even see any seat where the average reserve flew more than 60 hours. The average looked much less. Even the narrow body fleets.
Thanks for the research metrics. Looking at the numbers does paint a picture but not a complete one. Some reserves, who live in base, pick up short-calls because after the 2nd unused short call it is worth an hour of pay. Not a big deal, because if you live in base, being on short call requires only that you may have to rush to the airport if called. If you live out of base, it usually means you have to hop on an airplane and get down to your base THE NIGHT BEFORE unless it is an afternoon short call. Of course, if you are on your last day off when you get the short call, that means you burn a day off and have to get a hotel. It also means, in some cases, you won't be able to get home when your 14 hr short call is over. At least with the current system, it is possible to commute to base because they have to give you a 10/12 hr notice for a trip instead of the "within 4 hours" (unwritten rule) if you are called out.