Well I never said that they shouldn’t - I was emphasizing the apparent change in scheduling, but I will give you a good reason anyway.

In the LAX 73N bid package you will not see a rotation that pushes earlier than 0800 AM East coast time. The company does this because of the whole body clock/WOCL issue that you see in QCQ every so often. I was assigned a NY trip that had a 0615 push out of BOS. That was after flying late on the west coast on previous days. 0615 push, 0515 show, 0500 van, 0430 wake up, oh yeah 0130 body clock.

So if the company agrees to not fly regular pilots earlier than 0800 east, why not afford the same protections for reserve Pilots? That trip should have gone out to a NYC GS if they could not cover it with a local WS or reserve.

So to be clear - I have no issue with the company using reserves to cover open time per the contract. I was mainly referencing the change in how Reserve’s are being used. I guess the problem is the whole no earlier than 0800 East coat is not contractual but something the company agreed to with the RCC previously. But if it’s a good policy for lineholders it’s probably a good policy for reserves.

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