Originally Posted by
GHawk
Based on my understanding, it's a "first-in, first-out" system. As in the reserve pilot who finished their last flight before the other reserve pilots finished their last flights will be first called, although it seems that this isn't strictly followed.
Priority goes something like this’
a. LCR, Proactive Pick-Up; then
b. LCR, Bucket System, FIFO; then
c. Any LCR; then
d. SCR, in Base, Bucket System, FIFO, then
e. Any SCR.
Bucket is this;
Reserve Pilots shall fall into the bucket that
equates to the amount of Reserve Days
remaining in said Pilot’s Reserve sequence.
Example: One Pilot has four Days left in his
available Reserve sequence. He shall be
placed into the four day bucket. That
Reserve Pilot shall be assigned a four-day
Assignment before any Reserve Pilot that is
in any other bucket, provided that the
Report Time is compatible with the RAP
time.
So if you and another pilot have 2 reserve days left and a two day pairing has to be covered, the first that was off duty time/date wise will get the assignment. (Generally, there’s a lot of “wiggle” room)