Originally Posted by
Red Five
I think this is inaccurate... I am pretty sure CQ is training pay and gets your available on call days pro-rated, just like vacation / mil leave / other training. I am also not sure you can just put an on call day by itself on either side... PBS won't award and icrew won't let you move stuff that creates less than 3 days of reserve unless its the end of a bid period.
Not 100% sure, but I had 4 years on MD-88/DC-9/717 reserve, mostly as a commuter, so I had a lot of trial and error for bidding and moving days around.
Best bet, call Jerry at ALPA in our scheduling dept. He is super duper smart and will tell you where to look in the contract as well.
This month I have CQ and was able to get one day on call before and two days after.... and I'm in an international category which usually requires 4 oncall days in a row. You are right about the proration though.
It may only allow that on the initial bid though, and not through PCS. I haven't tried to move days into that situation, just initial bids which works well in the winter.