Originally Posted by
GoCats67
Global is Europe, Asia, and South America (more than 15 S) So that means 777/787 everywhere and 756 EWR,DCA,ORD and IAH. 756 LAX, SFO and 737/320 everywhere are not global
Short Calls are for 14 hours (2.5 hours to the airport) Field Standbys are for 4 hours. Must be at the airport for that period of time and can be assigned a departure anytime during that 4 hour period. Assignment must happen within that 4 hours and assigned departure must be scheduled to depart within one hour of the four hour block ending. So, if fyou have the
0800-1200 FSB they can call you at 1159 and give you any departure before 1300. At 1201, you are off the hook for the FSB and you are back on long call reserve, so they would have to give you a rest period before any assignment
Living local takes a great deal of the pain out of reserve. You can use the aggressive pickup option to pick up trips, Short call, or Field Standby so depending on what your goal is for the month (more money or more days sitting around the house) you can chose your poison.
just a heads up that one of the 737 bases will become a global fleet for this summer with the flight to the Azores (either EWR or CLE will fly it). And then when the 321 Neo’s show up and they start doing Europe, those bases (IAD/EWR and possible ORD) will also become global as they replace the 757’s. A Category has to have global flying in order to be a global reserve. For example, in February there was no flying on the DCA 777 that was global, so it was just basic reserve rules for the month. In March, DCA 777 starts flying CDG so it becomes a global category.