Originally Posted by
Netty
Thanks for the input. When you say roughly “2-3 hours”, what do you mean? Is it defined in the contract? At my regional, it’s a hard number, 2 hours to be on airport property. At American Airlines, I know their contract is vague and says something like “must be able to get to the airport within a reasonable amount of time via ground transportation”.
The reason this is so relevant to me is because I live about 3 hours from Detroit airport. I am curious if I would be able to be home during reserve times at delta.
I would not be 3 hours away from my base on SC.
NY is a bit different because your “promptly available” (this is the language in the contract) is measured from any of the 3 airports, so if you could have “promptly reported” to EWR but it took you 4 hours to get to JFK you are covered.
2 hours is no where in the contract regarding callout time but is probably a good rule to use, especially in your first year. If it takes you longer due to unusual traffic or something you will still be covered, but I would not make a habit of it personally.