Originally Posted by
Express pilot
Also, I found out this month. If you have vacation and bid rsv.
Your vacation days count as days on call that go towards the Chart in the PWA on how many SC you can have in the month. How does vacation days count as days on rsv? Bottom line they still get 5 SC out of you instead of 3 on a vacation rsv month. This adds 1 extra 4 day, maybe 2.
Vacation in a reserve month is ussually a good deal. Everything is pro-rated and you make more $$$.
Once you get your schedule it will show the pro-rated number of Short calls that you may be assigned.
Use the reserve calculator to figure out exact number of X days, golden days, hours of pay etc. The reserve calculator is available in PBS - I think on the PBS info page or you just google John F Bell - the very smart guy that created the calculator has his own website that has all kinds of goodies for DAL guys including:
A flight plan translator -- with sortable NOTAMs
seniority calculator
Reserve calculator
It's like Christmas for geeks.
Scoop