Originally Posted by
bugman61
But my point is that’s not a reference to short call being two hours. You make a deal to disappear for two hours and the price is you will be on the hook for something at 2 hours. That’s it.
Yes, the company frequently tells people it’s generally two hours, especially to new hires who don’t know anything different. But PWA is intentionally silent.
I guess we will differ on this because I think most people who have been here a while would agree that it is generally accepted that reporting within 2 hours satisfies the requirement to promptly report. It is not a hard and fast number but it is the generally accepted time period which establishes Sailing's "zone of reasonableness." The PWA does not lock us into a specific time (unlike some other airlines which do) and that is a good thing for us However, the exception was drawn from this long-standing accepted practice which is why the PWA exception says 2 hours rather than 1 hour or maybe 3 or 4 hours. However, to keep things consistent, the exception should be intentionally silent as well and merely state the unavailable pilot will promptly report without a stated time period