Originally Posted by
BizJet
Ah makes sense. What's the normal m.o. on trips being assigned to reserves? Do they wait to the last minute or do they also add you a day or two prior, as your 48 hour comment?
I'm hoping I can make commuting in on LC. That will give me one less month in a crashpad.
At XJT the best I could hope for was a trip being added the evening prior, but that still required my butt sitting in the pad in NYC. Most of the time I'd call during the pick up window the day prior to my first reserve day. I'd always hope for a 4 day that met the contract terms to pop up in open time.
They may put it on you 48 hours in advance but they typically won't notify you officially until either the day prior or day of. Doing so allows schedules to maintain manpower flexibility and is completely in line with the contract. You will see trips placed on you and pulled while on reserve within that 48hour period since you haven't been notified. For the time I was on reserve I'd say they only pulled 5-10% of the trips after they put it on. So, I wouldn't bet my next paycheck on it but you can pretty much plan on it.