Originally Posted by
dera
What you described is legal but like you said, very rare. If it happens "nearly" once a month, I don't think that's a major complaint. For that to happen, a few things need to be in place: You need to be the senior S1, and the S2's that have started their shift must be senior to you. Not necessarily, you better believe that CS is not going to burn an S2, if they can just get a bit more productivity out of an S1, immaterial to seniority.Doesn't happen often, and your time in that "window" on the reserve list won't last long.
I doubt anyone has ever sat airport standby all month, unless they bid for a standby line (you cannot be assigned a standby line). My personal record is 10 times
All of these sound like minor complaints to me. Yes, there's work to be done, but if you want to see really bad work rules, you need to look at CommutAir. Most reserve is airport reserve, and if a lineholder gets displaced for IOE? Hey, you're now on reserve!
I agree with you that there are worse options out there, but what is bothersome is the lack of common sense reserve rules. 'If' we are going to do the seniority reserve system - allow a senior reserve to 'appropriate' from a junior reserve. Allow a proffer to put equal weight on Trips, RAPs, and STBYs, and let my seniority dictate what I get (if that's what the pilot group wants). Talk to ExpressJet guys if you want to hear about efficient and reasonable reserve rules.
This combined with our overnight hotels, current pay rates, and general inefficient schedules and QOL should have prospective Envoy pilots really trying to decide if this is their best option.