Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I will 100% disagree with you on where you live not being important to how you approach reserve. I utilized the reserve system completely different living in base verses commuting. I also used the reserve system differently committing to ATL which was a 4 hour drive verses commuting to NY which is not drivable. There have also been hundreds of posts on here about how to minimize commuting as a reserve.
Are you imbibing tonight? (Full disclosure: I am).
Reread the posts. You implied that scheduling assumes you are at home when they call at 6am for a short call assignment and that the company assumes you’ll always be in the same spot (home) when on short call…and that if we aren’t in the same spot for multiple reserve call outs in a co-terminal base we shall bring the wrath of an omnipotent gracious employer - who will tighten the screws on we ungrateful peasants.
I don’t even know where to begin on correcting so many false statements and actually won’t. Please just stop sharing bad data for anyone trying to understand actual contractual obligations. Quote the PWA or LOAs or grievance language wherever you like, but your personal paranoias about how reserve works are likely to mislead the inexperienced and new hire readers following this thread. If they are sitting short call, they need to be promptly available to one of the co terminal airports. Nothing more, nothing less.