Originally Posted by
TED74
You currently can't break a string 9 days or longer into a segment(s) shorter than 6 days. The 6 comes from the average rotation length for the month, and the 9 is contractual for any bid pack with more than 20% of rotations 9 days or longer. Restricts pd, apd, moving x days, etc. You also have to adhere to the maximum of 2 X day blocks.
Are you sure about the 6 days? Unless the note applies, it appears to me that you can't go below 9 days (published MSL) with an X-day move.
2) movement of an X-day(s) does not reduce a contiguous block of on-call days between X-day blocks, or between an X-day block and a training day(s), or between an X-day block and a vacation day(s), or between an X-day block and a PD/APD day(s), or between an X-day block and a day(s) of jury duty to a length that is less than the greater of the longest rotation in the bid package or:
a) four days for narrowbody categories.
b) six days for widebody categories.
Exception one: A widebody category pilot whose category has a published MSL and whose reserve line contains a contiguous block(s) of on-call days equal to or greater than the MSL may not move an X-day if such X-day move would reduce the length of such contiguous block(s) of on-call days to a length that is less than the MSL.
Note: The terms of Section 12 M. 8. d. 2) Exception one may be modified by mutual agreement between the Director – Crew Resources and the MEC Scheduling Committee Chairman.