Originally Posted by
dera
If you get a 4-day you don't want on reserve, trust me, there will be a senior pilot who will gladly take it from you. CS cannot deny it if the senior guy is legal for it and has the same (or fewer) days left.
I don't know what your definition of "way too often" is, every single time I had RAP2 on my last day, I was released before 6pm. The RAP flips don't happen as often as you claim (which is why the RAPs would suddenly be released at 5pm).
The mid-day rest is a problem, it never happened to me, but that really needs to be fixed.
The whole example you have is stupid. If you have such limited commuting options to our bases, why the heck would you ever even consider working here? Go somewhere with an easier commute.
If your last flight is at 430 or whatever, chances are you won't have two flights in the morning either, so it wouldn't be a legal commute to any regional.
Ok just looking at the reserve list for tonight and the TOP five or six guys end their last day of reserve at 1900 or later. A few were past 2100 and one was past 2200. The two junior guys got lucky with an R1 that finished early.
My “stupid” example went right over your head because you don’t have to commute. Like I said you have no clue. The last flight may be late but the second to last flight may be at 6:00 and you live an hour from the airport.
Again you don’t even understand that a pilot on RAP2 with a next day reserve assignment of any standby assignment or flight assignment is released at 5/ when ever they confirm their assignment. The RAP2 flipped to RAP1 is released at 6 pm (typically). You seriously have no idea the points I was making.