Originally Posted by Heed

After thinking about it some more UalHvy, your post made me go back and re-read the reserve gouge I had and the contract.

Reserve Gouge (titled Reserve Gouge 5.0):

"1000 Earliest report time following days off for assignments made before 1800. Could be earlier than 1000 if 2-way comm is made. Other protections apply under 20-K-7-d. (Per MEC update Dec 29th 2013)"

I then re-read all of 20-K-7.

First, I don't see 1000 in there. I see 0900 under 20-K-7-c. Perhaps that is what the MEC update from 2013 references.

After re-reading 20-K-7, I think that 1200 is the earliest SC they can assign you on day one if you don't respond as you recommended in your post prior to 1800.

For assignments made after 1759, 1200 is the earliest reserve assignment per 20-K-7-d-(3)/(4).

Since leaving a VM does not constitute an assignment, paragraph 20-K-7-d should apply if you don't "check-in" until after 1800. By the contract (20-K-7-e) we are required to "...check his schedule and/or messages sometime between 1800 to 0059....."

Am I off the mark?

I used 1000 as the benchmark previously before responding to scheduling. I NEVER answer, but I also don't want to wait to respond, then forget and get a call somewhere between 0001 and 0059.

Also an old saying from flight school days comes to mind....."Live by the gouge, die by the gouge."