Originally Posted by
757Driver
The amount of time between FSB and actual push is not defined nor codified so your reply should be, I'll get there when I get there.
Quite frankly I see no reason to be hog-tied to any one local at the airport for FSB so if I decided to go for a run, all the while staying on the airport property, it could take a little while to get to the aircraft.
Our esteemed negotiators assured us during negotiations that this lamest of lame piece of the CBA would never be used and if it were, it would only be during dire emergencies.
Guess they got that one wrong !!
A while ago, I was on field standby, (757) in my car with the engine running, in the employee parking lot, at 3:59 pm, (Bay bridge traffic,) finished at 4 pm, when the crew desk called and said get to gate 89 ASAP, (SFO). He was most annoyed when I told him how long it would take to change out of my t-shirt and shorts, into a uniform, and get to ops, flt plan, then to the gate.
I know, should have let it go to voice mail, and claim I was done. But I'm paid to be a pilot. When they call I try to follow the rules. That day, didn't really matter if I worked or not, so....
He was expecting about 15 minutes.....