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We also have long call reserve (LCR). It has a 14 hour call out, so you don’t have to commute until they call you, assuming of course you can always make it on that 14hr window round the clock. LCRs are the ones getting called first, so you’d be pretty busy specially during summer time. You might get back to back trips, so probably will have to get a hotel in between.
LCR usually goes senior in the reserve leagues as there’re only few LCR lines and commuters prefer them.
With the way PBS works, LCR isn’t always as senior as it used to be, although there do seem to be fewer LCR lines each month these days.
It’s important to note that scheduling can convert long call to short call reserve up to 4 times a month, which can leave commuters in a bind.
example: You have a 6 day block of long call reserve, and get assigned a 4 day trip on the first day. Normally when you finish and get released back to LCR, you would have 24 hours (10 rest + 14 notification) which makes you pretty useless for the last two days. Instead they can convert those last two days to ashort call period. Depending on your commute situation this can mean being “stuck” in base 2-2.5 days. Sucks if you didn’t pack for 6 days.