Originally Posted by
FangsF15
Well it sure as *** is not a day of work…
In the end, it’s obviously a different animal if you are a commuter vs. local. If you are local and never get used (happens on WB at my shop all the time), you will never ever convince me that pilot only had 13-14 days off. That would be disingenuous and intellectually dishonest .
The only fair/honest way to compare reserve is full disclosure of commuter vs. local, and how much SC used vs unused. Apples:apples.
Even for lineholders, things like IMAX or credit surfing can skew the totals for someone on the outside looking in, just trying to judge how much they are likely to work and/or get paid.
Day off is defined in most Alpa contracts. A calendar day free from all duty with the company which occurs in a pilot’s domicile. Anything outside of that is not a day off by definition.
We start adding other things such as unused res days or sick days all we’re doing will eventually be lowering the contractual day off minimum.
res work rules are an entirely separate conversation.