Originally Posted by
APC225
Yup. In fact, that seems to be the purpose of many SCs....10 hours to report vs 12 hours to report on a long call. After all, Q: why is there a 0100 SC when the first departure of the day is 0530? A: to cover the 0530 departure AND the 1100 &> departures. It's a backdoor shortened long call.
Spot on. APC225, I've read that before from you and that's exactly why schedulers use SC so liberally. You nailed it.
Back on topic ... complaining about SC. I'm very junior in my seat so I flip between line and reserve on a regular basis. I've been junior pond scum most of my career - not by choice until now (double furloughee). I could complain about our current reserve system but it's not that bad and I live out of base.
We get 1 hour pay for every SC >2 that we aren't used. I can make it in 14 hrs but 2 1/2 hrs doesn't work. I can pay for a hotel room with the 1 hr pay when I'm on SC so I'm not sure where the beef is here for those of us who commute to SC. And unless you're on first year pay, you shouldn't have much problem affording a hotel room for 1 hr pay. For those that
can't afford a night in a hotel, there's always the crew lounge (ugh!).
Reserve - not optimal but there's no reserve system that will satisfy everyone. What we currently have is one of the better compromises.