Originally Posted by
SUX4U
Why not have every rsv have one stretch of 4 or 5 rsv days per month strictly short call and the rest of the days for the month be long call? We all know at some point each month we will be on SC. Now you can bid which stretch you want and then you can plan your month accordingly.
For extra coverage the crew desk could build a few optional extra SC for the AM/PM for anyone who wanted to shoot for extra pay for an unused SC. Would that idea stick possibly for a low cost enhancement?
It's interesting how they want to make the short calls a sore point, ignoring them for the 1100 window, building them in the evening, assigning them after midnight, always in a crisis, when the UPA describes short call "lines." It's like they want to be in crisis mode. FSB was going be rare, but it's routine now. Short call lines were going to be routine, but they're nonexistent.
3-C-1-b-(2) Notwithstanding Section 3-C-1-b-(1), a Reserve who is awarded a
pure Short Call line shall receive an MPG, rounded to the nearest minute, of four hours, thirteen minutes and twenty seconds (4:13:20) for each reserve day.
20-K-1-a A Reserve begins each period of reserve days as a Long Call reserve unless he is awarded a
pure Short Call line...
20-K-6-i The Company may offer lines consisting of a Short Call assignment on each work day. These
pure Short Call lines shall be awarded in seniority order only to those Reserves who have requested one.