Originally Posted by
crazyjaydawg
I can see commuters loving this, but this will have a bigger impact on GSs than anything else out there. This language needs to be solid otherwise another slippery slope allowing pilots trip over themselves for a few extra hours that would otherwise be a GS.
It will be interesting to see where this voluntary airport standby would be on the coverage ladder. Would they get called before GS? Could the company use them for trips greater than 1 hour to report? Greater than 2 hours?
Maybe I'm just dreaming, but this would be nice:
Any pilot with a WS in gets first shot unless the trip is under 30 minutes to report. Barring a WS pickup:
LC: covers anything greater than 18 hours to report
SC: covers anything less than 18 down to 4 hours prior to report. This eliminates the whole "two hour callout" debate. If no SC pilots are available and no in- or out-of-base pilots WS the trip it must go to GS
Anything less than 4 hours down to say, 30 minutes prior to report must start the GS step. GS callouts can be stopped 30 minutes prior to report and the trip can be assigned to an airport reserve if one is available.