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Old 12-10-2024 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by notEnuf
If you can show the flight was scheduled to arrive less than 2 hours after the SC starts, then ALPA can defend your commute and you may earn an extra 5:15 to educate the CP.
Also may get called to explain why you took 3 hours to get to the furthest of the 3 NYC airports, during rush hour, on a Friday (Fri/Mon have worse backups then Tues-Thurs at GWB, Verrazano and tunnels especially if before/after holiday weekend)

I'm half expecting that call this week.. Got called in for a 1700ish report, at 1600 when I went on SC, and didn't make it to the gate until 1850ish.. Crew Scheduling was incredulous at my "gonna be at least 3 hours to gate" estimate when they called. "Sir, you called to the furthest of the 3 airports, during rush hour, and it's snowing, I'll be on the road in 10 minutes, but I make no promises on arrival at JFK" I beat the 3 hours I guessed only because I was getting out of my truck right as the employee bus was about to leave, driver waited for me, and I didn't get randomed at KCM for once.

I got the riot act a few years ago, was sitting on SC in my crashpad 10 minutes from JFK, when I got a "ASAP" report to EWR... And it took 2.5 hours to get there. Even being in a cab less than 15 minutes after the call. Was able to show "this is when CS called, this is when I summoned an Uber, and this is where I was sitting SC"

Sometimes CS doesn't get that you can be well in legit SC range for one of the 3 airports we cover, and even if you were in the pilot lounge at JFK, walked out to the bus, got a ride to the employee lot, drove to EWR, rode bus into terminal, you are still looking at 2+ hours on a good day.
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